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alright.. i've done java for years but have yet to see a good solution for this one:

i have a java.util.Hashtable with a value added to it

Code: Show/Hide Hashtable h = new Hashtable(); Vector vect = new Vector(); h.put("Main",v);

What i need to do is dynamically retrieve "Main" given vect.
here is the javadoc for Hastable (JDK 1.4.2)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/Hashtable.html
i can obviously use:

Code: Show/Hide Enumeration e = h.keys(); while(h.hasMoreElements()){ //... iterate, checking to see if this works: String temp = (String)e.nextElement(); if(h.get(temp)!=null) return temp; }

but that is rediculous...
Am i missing something obvious????
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[Dr Brain]

Not really.

You could of course have two hashmaps/hashtables and use the keys of one as the objects of another.

Why do you need to do this?
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Asking you what for doesn't necessarily mean you're a moron. There's just more efficient ways of doing things depending on what you need them for...
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