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The NavigableMap Interface

 

The java.util.NavigableMap interface, a new addition to Java 6, inherits SortedMap to add navigation methods that allows for key/value pair searching.

The java.util.TreeMap class in Java 6 implements NavigableMap. 

import java.util.NavigableMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

public class NavigableMapDemo {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    NavigableMap<Integer, String> map = new TreeMap<Integer, String>();
    map.put(2, "two");
    map.put(1, "one");
    map.put(3, "three");
    System.out.println("Original map: " + map + "\n");

    Entry firstEntry = map.pollFirstEntry();
    System.out.println("First entry: " + firstEntry);
    System.out.println("After polling the first entry: " + map + "\n");

    Entry lastEntry = map.pollLastEntry();
    System.out.println("Last entry:" + lastEntry);
    System.out.println("After polling last entry:" + map);
  }
}

/*Original map: {1=one, 2=two, 3=three}

First entry: 1=one
After polling the first entry: {2=two, 3=three}

Last entry:3=three
After polling last entry:{2=two}
*/

        








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