// understandingcollections/AssociativeArray.java
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// Associates keys with values

public class AssociativeArray<K, V> {
  private Object[][] pairs;
  private int index;
  public AssociativeArray(int length) {
    pairs = new Object[length][2];
  }
  public void put(K key, V value) {
    if(index >= pairs.length)
      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException();
    pairs[index++] = new Object[]{ key, value };
  }
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public V get(K key) {
    for(int i = 0; i < index; i++)
      if(key.equals(pairs[i][0]))
        return (V)pairs[i][1];
    return null; // Did not find key
  }
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
      result.append(pairs[i][0].toString());
      result.append(" : ");
      result.append(pairs[i][1].toString());
      if(i < index - 1)
        result.append("\n");
    }
    return result.toString();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    AssociativeArray<String,String> map =
      new AssociativeArray<>(6);
    map.put("sky", "blue");
    map.put("grass", "green");
    map.put("ocean", "dancing");
    map.put("tree", "tall");
    map.put("earth", "brown");
    map.put("sun", "warm");
    try {
      map.put("extra", "object"); // Past the end
    } catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
      System.out.println("Too many objects!");
    }
    System.out.println(map);
    System.out.println(map.get("ocean"));
  }
}
/* Output:
Too many objects!
sky : blue
grass : green
ocean : dancing
tree : tall
earth : brown
sun : warm
dancing
*/