I checked the API, what you describe below is just as it states: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html
Its guidance on proper initial value and load factor sizing may be of help for you. Glen --- "Peter B. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recent minor changes to alt.design triggered by > comments from John > Austin. In particular, John drew my attention to > HashMap > initialization. I naively assumed that providing an > initial size to a > HashMap would take account of the default load > factor. Re-reading the > documentation, I came to the conclusion (with John) > that this was not > the case. That is, creating a hash with > hm = new HashMap(20); > then adding 20 items to it, will force a rehash > after 75% of the items > have been added. Silly as it seems, that appears to > be the way of it. > Does anyone else have any experience of this? > > Peter > -- > Peter B. West > <http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html> > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
