Java TreeMap lowerEntry(K key) Method Example

The higherEntry(K key) method of java.util.TreeMap returns a key-value mapping associated with the least key strictly greater than the given key, or null if there is no such key whereas returns a key-value mapping associated with the greatest key strictly less than the given key, or null if there is no such key.

Signature

public Map.Entry<K,V> lowerEntry(K key)

This method returns a key-value mapping associated with the greatest key strictly less than the given key, or null if there is no such key. Throws ClassCastException  if the specified key cannot be compared with the keys currently in the map and NullPointerException  if the specified key is null and this map uses natural ordering, or its comparator does not permit null keys

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.TreeMap.lowerEntry(key) method.

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeMap;

public class LowerEntryMethodTreeMapExample
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        // create an empty TreeMap
        TreeMap<Integer,String>  treeMap1 = new TreeMap<Integer,String>();
        
        // use put() method to populate elements to the TreeMap
        treeMap1.put(2,"Element2");
        treeMap1.put(3,"Element3");
        treeMap1.put(1,"Element1");
        treeMap1.put(4,"Element4");
        treeMap1.put(5,"Element5");
        
        //get the entrySet of treeMap1
        Set<Map.Entry<Integer,String>> set1 = treeMap1.entrySet();.
        //Print the elements of treeMap1
        System.out.println("**Elements of treeMap1**");
        for (Map.Entry<Integer,String> me : set1) 
        {
            System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": ");
            System.out.println(me.getValue());
        }
        
        //Get the lower entry for key 4
        System.out.println("**Lower entry of Key 4 in TreeMap**");
        System.out.println(treeMap1.lowerEntry(4));
    }
}

Output

**Elements of treeMap1**
1: Element1
2: Element2
3: Element3
4: Element4
5: Element5
**Lower entry of Key 4 in TreeMap**
3=Element3