Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /****************************************************************************** * Copyright 2015 by OLTPBenchmark Project * * * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * * limitations under the License. * ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Map; import java.util.Map.Entry; public class Main { /** * * @param <T> * @param <U> * @param map * @return */ public static <T, U extends Comparable<U>> T getGreatest(Map<T, U> map) { T max_key = null; U max_value = null; for (Entry<T, U> e : map.entrySet()) { T key = e.getKey(); U value = e.getValue(); if (max_value == null || value.compareTo(max_value) > 0) { max_value = value; max_key = key; } } // FOR return (max_key); } }