Java IdentityHashMap Example

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IdentityHashMap implements the Map interface and two keys are considered equal when checked as k1==k2 (not by using equals method). This itself violates the Map‘s general contract, which means that IdentityHashMap is clearly not a general-purpose Map implementation. There are only so many cases where this class would be useful. IdentityHashMap permits both null values and the null key, alongside all optional map…

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