protected Object clone() {
HashtableEntry entry = new HashtableEntry();
entry.hash = hash;
entry.key = key;
entry.value = value;
entry.next = (next != null) ? (HashtableEntry) next.clone() : null;
return entry;
}
/**
* Puts the key and the value in the table. If there already is a key equal ignore case to the one
* passed the new value exchhanes the old one.
*
* @param key String key
* @param value object to put
* @return old value if any, or null if none
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if key is not a string
*/
public synchronized Object put(Object key, Object value) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (value == null) {
throw new NullPointerException();
}
if (table == null) initTable(MIN_CAPACITY);
try {
// Makes sure the key is not already in the hashtable.
int hash = hashCode((String) key);
int index;
HashtableEntry[] tab = null;
do {
tab = table;
index = (hash & 0x7FFFFFFF) % tab.length;
for (HashtableEntry e = tab[index]; e != null; e = e.next) {
if ((e.hash == hash) && e.key.equalsIgnoreCase((String) key)) {
Object old = e.value;
e.value = value;
return old;
}
}
if (count >= threshold) {
// Rehash the table if the threshold is exceeded
rehash();
continue;
}
break;
} while (true);
// Creates the new entry.
HashtableEntry e = new HashtableEntry();
e.hash = hash;
e.key = (String) key;
e.value = value;
e.next = tab[index];
tab[index] = e;
count++;
return null;
} catch (ClassCastException cce) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Non string keys are not accepted!");
}
}
