Associative Array

Ist über java.util.HashMap lösbar, da Java assoziative Arrays nicht als primitive Datenstruktur unterstützt ([1]).

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  import java.util.HashMap;
           
           public class PhoneDirectory {
           
              private HashMap<String,String>  links = new HashMap<String,String>(); // Stores the data for
                                                    // the phone directory.
              
              public void addEntry(String name, String number) {
                    // Record the phone number for a specified name.
                 info.put(name,number);
              }
              
              public String getNumber(String name) {
                    // Retrieve the phone number for a specified name.
                    // Returns null if there is no number for the name.
                 return (String)info.get(name);
              }
              
           } 

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