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Java Dictionary elements() Method with Example

Dictionary Class elements() method: Here, we are going to learn about the elements() method of Dictionary Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 13, 2020

Dictionary Class elements() method

• elements() method is available in java.util package.
• elements() method is used to get the elements of an Enumeration in this dictionary.
• elements() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• elements() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning Enumeration elements.

Syntax:

    public abstract Enumeration elements();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Enumeration, it returns values of an Enumeration.

Example:

// Java program is to demonstrate the example of
// elements() method of Dictionary

import java.util.*;

public class ElementsOfDictionary {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Instantiate a Hashtable object
        Dictionary dict = new Hashtable();

        // By using put() method is to
        // add an elements in Hashtable 
        dict.put(1, "C");
        dict.put(2, "C++");
        dict.put(3, "JAVA");
        dict.put(4, "PHP");
        dict.put(5, "SFDC");

        // Display Hashtable elements in the form
        // of an enumeration 
        for (Enumeration en = dict.elements(); en.hasMoreElements();) {
            System.out.println(en.nextElement());
        }
    }
}

Output

SFDC
PHP
JAVA
C++
C