java.util.Hashtable.put() Method

Description

The put(K key, V value) method is used to map the specified key to the specified value in this hashtable.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Hashtable.put() method.

public V put(K key, V value)

Parameters

• key--This is the hashtable key.

• value--This is the value.

Return Value

The method call returns the previous value of the specified key in this hashtable, or null if it did not have one.

Exception

• NullPointerException--This is thrown if the key or value is null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Hashtable.put()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class HashTableDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      // create hash table 
      Hashtable htable1 = new Hashtable();      
      
      // put values in table
      htable1.put(1, "A");
      htable1.put(2, "B");
      htable1.put(3, "C");
      htable1.put(4, "D");
      
      System.out.println("Initial hash table value: "+htable1);
      
      // put value at key 4
      String returnval=(String)htable1.put(4,"TP");
      
      System.out.println("Return value: "+returnval);
      
      System.out.println("New hash table value: "+htable1); 
   }    
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result.

Initial hash table value: {4=D, 3=C, 2=B, 1=A}
Return value: D
New hash table value: {4=TP, 3=C, 2=B, 1=A}