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Java IdentityHashMap clear() Method with Example

IdentityHashMap Class clear() method: Here, we are going to learn about the clear() method of IdentityHashMap Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on March 06, 2020

IdentityHashMap Class clear() method

• clear() method is available in java.util package.
• clear() method is used to remove all the existing entries from this IdentityHashMap .
• clear() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• clear() method does not throw an exception at the time of removing the entry.

Syntax:

    public void clear();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void clear() method of IdentityHashMap 

import java.util.*;

public class ClearOfIdenityHashMap {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Instantiates a IdentityHashMap object
        Map < Integer, String > map = new IdentityHashMap < Integer, String > ();

        // By using put() method is to add
        // key-value pairs in a IdentityHashMap
        map.put(10, "C");
        map.put(20, "C++");
        map.put(50, "JAVA");
        map.put(40, "PHP");
        map.put(30, "SFDC");

        // Display IdentityHashMap
        System.out.println("IdentityHashMap: " + map);

        // By using clear() method is
        // to remove the mappings exists
        // in this IdentityHashMap

        map.clear();

        System.out.print("map.clear(): ");
        System.out.println(map);
    }
}

Output

IdentityHashMap: {20=C++, 40=PHP, 50=JAVA, 30=SFDC, 10=C}
map.clear(): {}