android-discuss, Should I use HashMap in Android project?

 Hi All,

I did not develop mobile project before, and now I must to develop an
Android project.

example, J2ME doesn't contain HashMap class.

I think it is under the consideration of performing.

I just want to know if I use some classes, which aren't included in
J2ME, can it have great influence on performin.

Thanks
Daniel

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 Hi,

HashMap is a very useful class that performs well. Without knowing how
you intend to use this class, we cannot really tell you whether it
will impact performance or not. However, HashMap can be used without
any problem in a large number of situations without impacting
performance.

The only situation in which you might want to avoid HashMap is if you
need to store primitive types (int, long, short, etc.) inside, either
as key or value. This will force you to use autoboxing which will
create new objects (Integer, Long, Short, etc.). In such a situation,
you might want to use a SparseArray instead.






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Romain Guy
www.curious-creature.org

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