Java NavigableMap get and remove first/last entry
import java.util.NavigableMap; import java.util.TreeMap; import java.util.Map.Entry; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { NavigableMap<Integer, String> map = new TreeMap<Integer, String>(); map.put(2, "HTML"); map.put(1, "CSS"); map.put(3, "Java"); System.out.println("Original map: " + map + "\n"); Entry<Integer, String> firstEntry = map.pollFirstEntry(); System.out.println("First entry: " + firstEntry); System.out.println("After polling the first entry: " + map + "\n"); Entry<Integer, String> lastEntry = map.pollLastEntry(); System.out.println("Last entry:" + lastEntry); System.out.println("After polling last entry:" + map); }/*from www. ja va 2 s .c om*/ }