[java] extract the value from a HashMap

[mickey]

Hello my situation is that:

Vector<Word> _words = new Vector<Word>();
//fill the vector
Map<String, Integer> tham = new HashMap();
//fill the map
..................................
			    for ( String w : _words) {
				    Collection c = tham.values();
				    Iterator it= c.iterator();				    
				    int value = 0;
				    	for ( String s : tham.keySet() ) {
				    		System.out.println(" -- string -- " + s);
				    		if ( s.equals( w )) {
				    			System.out.println(" -- string -- " + s);
				    			value = (Integer) it.next();
				    		}
				    		else it.next();
				    	}
 
	   }

Vector<Word> _words = new Vector<Word>();
//fill the vector
Map<String, Integer> tham = new HashMap();
//fill the map
..................................
			    for ( String w : _words) {
				    Collection c = tham.values();
				    Iterator it= c.iterator();				    
				    int value = 0;
				    	for ( String s : tham.keySet() ) {
				    		System.out.println(" -- string -- " + s);
				    		if ( s.equals( w )) {
				    			System.out.println(" -- string -- " + s);
				    			value = (Integer) it.next();
				    		}
				    		else it.next();
				    	}
				    	
	   }

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This should work but it very slow. Is there a way to retrieve the Integer value of the Map with iterate on 'tham' all the times?

thanks,

[mickey]

sorry, the Vector is made by String:
Vector<String> .....

[caduel]

what exactly are you trying to do? didn't understand the question, sorry.

use containsKey to check if the hashmap contains an entry, or just call get - it returns null if the key was not in the hashmap.
Do not iterate over a map when you dont have to.