What is the capacity of a Map

[Rohit Ahuja]

Can i store as many as 20000 objects in a Map?

[Michael Dunn]

try
{
  for(int x = 0; x < 20000; x++)
  {
    map.add([yourObject]);
  }
  System.out.println("Yes");
}
catch(Exception e){System.out.println("No");}

[Sonny Gill]

Sure you can. The capacity is only limited by the amount of memory available to JVM. And though only references are stored in the map, the objects exist on the heap. So, the number of objects you can store depends on how much memory each object is consuming.

[Rohit Ahuja]

Michael,
I know how to use the Map interface but what i am worried about is whether it is a good idea to store 20000 elements in a Map???

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Originally posted by Deepak A:
Michael,
I know how to use the Map interface but what i am worried about is whether it is a good idea to store 20000 elements in a Map???

You didn't ask if it was a good idea, though -- you asked if you can. Different question! But the answer is the same: yes, pretty much. 20,000 is a small number as far as any of the standard API map implementations go.

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[Jesper de Jong]

If it's a good idea to store 20,000 items in a map, that depends on what you're storing in the map. If you're just storing relatively small objects, it's not a problem. If you're storing large objects, you could get out of memory problems.