Uisng primitive type values as keys for Hashtable

[ravian]

I have the following code which works fine.

Code:

Hashtable hash = new Hashtable(10,10);
int i= 1;
hash.put(i, "StringV");
System.out.println(hash.get(i));

I read somewhere that Hashable takes objects as key and primitive types are not allowed as keys. I tried int as key and it worked. Can anyone tell me about this.

[hardwired]

Autoboxing in j2se 1.5+ allows this. See this page in the guide in your j2se 1.5 javadocs distribution, or Autoboxing.

[ravian]

Thanks. That explains.

[kash_meu]

Another way to accomplish this can be

hash.put(new Integer(i), "StringV");
System.out.println(hash.get(new Integer(i)));