Here you can find the source of getObjectSortedMap(SortedMap
public static <T extends Comparable, U> U getObjectSortedMap(SortedMap<T, U> map, T key)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010-2015 BSI Business Systems Integration AG. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors://from w w w . j a v a2 s . c om * BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.SortedMap; public class Main { public static <T extends Comparable, U> U getObjectSortedMap(SortedMap<T, U> map, T key) { if (map == null) { return null; } return map.get(key); } }