In this article, we will discuss how to find an entry with Smallest Value in a HashMap using Java 8 Stream
Find an entry with Smallest Value in a HashMap :
To find an entry with smallest Value,
- First sort the HashMap in ascending–order of Values
- Then get the 1st entry from the natural–sorted Map
There are different ways to sort the Map/HashMap according to Values, read below articles before proceeding further
- Java 8 – How to Sort a Map entries by its Value – 6 ways ?
- Java 8 – Find First and Last entries in a Map or HashMap ?
Here, we will discuss only 2 approaches to find an entry with Smallest Value from HashMap
- Using Java 8 Stream
- Before Java 8
1. Using Java 8 Stream :
- First step is to sort the Map entries in ascending–order of Values which will give an entry with Smallest Value at the top of the Map
- To sort Map entries in ascending-order of Values, use Stream.sorted() method passing the argument Map.Entry.comparingByValue(Comparator.naturalOrder())
- Get the 1st entry from sorted Map using Stream.findFirst() method
FindEntryWithSmallestValueInMapUsingJava8Stream.java
package in.bench.resources.find.entry.map;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
public class FindEntryWithSmallestValueInMapUsingJava8Stream {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// 1. creating HashMap object of type <String, Integer>
Map<String, Integer> countryPopulation = new HashMap<>();
// 1.1 adding key-value pairs to HashMap object
countryPopulation.put("Pakistan", 220892331);
countryPopulation.put("Russia", 146748590);
countryPopulation.put("Brazil", 213728559);
countryPopulation.put("Indian", 382357386);
countryPopulation.put("America", 332429717);
// 1.2 print original Map entries
System.out.println("1. Original Map Entries :- \n");
// 1.3 print Map entries to console
countryPopulation.forEach((key, value) -> System.out.println(
"Key : " + key + "\t\t" + "Value : " + value
));
// 2. Sort Values using Java 8 Stream.sorted() method & get 1st Entry
Entry<String, Integer> entryWithSmallestValue = countryPopulation
.entrySet()
.stream()
.sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByValue(Comparator.naturalOrder()))
.findFirst()
.get();
// 2.2 print Map.Entry with Smallest Value
System.out.println("\n\n2. Map Entry with Smallest Value :- " + entryWithSmallestValue);
}
}
Output :
1. Original Map Entries :-
Key : Pakistan Value : 220892331
Key : America Value : 332429717
Key : Brazil Value : 213728559
Key : Indian Value : 382357386
Key : Russia Value : 146748590
2. Map Entry with Smallest Value :- Russia=146748590
2. Before Java 8 :
- First step is to sort the Map entries in ascending–order of Values which will give an entry with Smallest Value at the top of the Map
- To sort Map entries in ascending–order of Values, convert HashMap to TreeMap passing Comparator as constructor–argument providing logic for natural–order sorting of Map values
- Get the 1st entry from sorted Map by iterating using enhanced for–loop and then break the loop
FindEntryWithSmallestValueInMap.java
package in.bench.resources.find.entry.map;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class FindEntryWithSmallestValueInMap {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// 1. creating HashMap object of type <String, Integer>
Map<String, Integer> countryPopulation = new HashMap<>();
// 1.1 adding key-value pairs to HashMap object
countryPopulation.put("Pakistan", 220892331);
countryPopulation.put("Russia", 146748590);
countryPopulation.put("Brazil", 213728559);
countryPopulation.put("Indian", 382357386);
countryPopulation.put("America", 332429717);
// 1.2 print original Map entries
System.out.println("1. Original Map Entries :- \n");
// 1.3 print Map entries to console
countryPopulation.forEach((key, value) -> System.out.println(
"Key : " + key + "\t\t" + "Value : " + value
));
// 2. convert HashMap to TreeMap in ascending-order of Values
Map<String, Integer> treeMapInAscValues = new TreeMap<>(new Comparator<String>() {
@Override
public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
return countryPopulation.get(str1).compareTo(countryPopulation.get(str2));
}
});
// 2.1 add unsorted map to TreeMap for natural-order sorting of Values
treeMapInAscValues.putAll(countryPopulation);
// 2.2 local variable to assign Entry with Smallest Value
Entry<String, Integer> entryWithSmallestValue = null;
// 2.3 iterate and get 1st entry from natural-sorted Map
for(Entry<String, Integer> entry : treeMapInAscValues.entrySet()) {
// first entry will be smallest, as it sorted in ascending-order of Values
if(null == entryWithSmallestValue) {
entryWithSmallestValue = entry;
break;
}
}
// 2.4 print Map.Entry with Smallest Value
System.out.println("\n\n2. Map Entry with Smallest Value :- " + entryWithSmallestValue);
}
}
Output :
1. Original Map Entries :-
Key : Pakistan Value : 220892331
Key : America Value : 332429717
Key : Brazil Value : 213728559
Key : Indian Value : 382357386
Key : Russia Value : 146748590
2. Map Entry with Smallest Value :- Russia=146748590
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References :
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/Stream.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Map.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/TreeMap.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Map.Entry.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html
- https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html
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