I think many Java developers use the Java Collections Framework like I do: start with the same basic implementations of each of the major collections interfaces for general cases and only use a ...

This tutorial explains how a Java HashMap works internally and explores the challenges of implementing it, including buckets, collisions and hash codes.

She is an India-based engineer and has worked extensively on design and implementation of object-oriented systems using Java IO, JFC, CORBA, i18n, and reflection.