key-value pair , with key as primitive data type

[studentoflife77]

a little primitive question

I am looking to create a key-value pairs (map, table, etc) where the
key should be a primitive data type like int, long ,etc. My keys can
have high numbers

Hashmap, hashtable and all the other collections need Object as key

I can use array but because high key numbers it won't be memory
efficient
e.g: if i have a key of 10005 then the array has to be of the minimum
size 10005 so that i can store my value at array[10005] and later
access it directly

any thoughts?

Student

 

[Daniel Pitts]

a little primitive question

I am looking to create a key-value pairs (map, table, etc) where the
key should be a primitive data type like int, long ,etc. My keys can
have high numbers

Hashmap, hashtable and all the other collections need Object as key

I can use array but because high key numbers it won't be memory
efficient
e.g: if i have a key of 10005 then the array has to be of the minimum
size 10005 so that i can store my value at array[10005] and later
access it directly

any thoughts?

Student

You can use a primitive wrapper class as the key
Map<Integer, String> map = new HashMap<Integer, String>();

With auto-boxing, you can do stuff like:

map.put(10, "Hello");
map.put(20, "Go to 10");

Alternatively, you can create your own implementation of a primitive
keyed map, but I wouldn't suggest it.