根据guigui111111的建议:先把Map按Key从大到小排序,然后再把Key和Value互换。这也是一种很好的思路,我写了一下代码,顺便贴上来,供大家参考与分享。
package shuai.study.map; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Map.Entry; import java.util.TreeMap; /** * @author shengshu * */ public class UniqueMap1 { // Transfer to sorted Map public static Map<String, String> transferToSortedMap(Map<String, String> map) { // Define comparator for TreeMap // Note: Sort according to descending, because retain the smaller Key's record when exchanging Map's Key and Value Map<String, String> sort_map = new TreeMap<String, String>(new Comparator<String>() { @Override public int compare(String key1, String key2) { return key2.hashCode() - key1.hashCode(); } }); sort_map.putAll(map); return sort_map; } // Exchange Map's Key and Value public static Map<String, String> exchangeMap(Map<String, String> map) { Map<String, String> exchange_map = new TreeMap<String, String>(); for (String key : map.keySet()) { String value = map.get(key); exchange_map.put(value, key); } return exchange_map; } // Print Map public static void printMap(Map<String, String> map) { Iterator<Entry<String, String>> iterator = map.entrySet().iterator(); while (iterator.hasNext()) { Entry<String, String> entry = iterator.next(); String key = entry.getKey(); String value = entry.getValue(); System.out.println(key + " --> " + value); } } public static void main(String[] args) { Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>(); map.put("A", "1"); map.put("C", "3"); map.put("D", "2"); map.put("B", "3"); map.put("E", "3"); // Sort Map by descending order // Note: Sort according to descending, because retain the smaller Key's record when exchanging Map's Key and Value Map<String, String> sort_map = UniqueMap1.transferToSortedMap(map); // Exchange Key and Value for overlapping repetition record Map<String, String> exchange_map = UniqueMap1.exchangeMap(sort_map); // Exchange Map for recovering Key and Value, this Map is what we want exchange_map = UniqueMap1.exchangeMap(exchange_map); // Print Map UniqueMap1.printMap(exchange_map); } }