What are the characteristics of the entrySet method in Java?

The entrySet method in Java is used to retrieve a collection of all key-value pairs in a Map. Its features include:

  1. The return type: The return type of the entrySet method is Set>, where K and V respectively represent the types of the key and value of the Map. Map.Entry represents a key-value pair.
  2. Set view: The entrySet method returns a set view of all key-value pairs in the Map. Through this set view, it is possible to iterate through all key-value pairs in the Map.
  3. Dynamic update: The collection view returned by the entrySet method is dynamically linked to the original Map object, meaning that modifications to the collection view will directly affect the original Map object.
  4. Modifying is not supported: the collection view returned by the entrySet method does not support direct modification operations, such as adding or deleting elements. If you need to modify key-value pairs in the Map, you can do so using the remove method of the Iterator or the put method of the Map.
  5. The order of iteration: The order of iteration for a collection view is not guaranteed and depends on the specific implementation of the Map class.
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