/** * Legacy method testing if some key maps into the specified value * in this table. This method is identical in functionality to * {@link #containsValue}, and exists solely to ensure * full compatibility with class {@link java.util.Hashtable}, * which supported this method prior to introduction of the * Java Collections framework. * * @param value a value to search for * * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if some key maps to the * <tt>value</tt> argument in this table as * determined by the <tt>equals</tt> method; * <tt>false</tt> otherwise * * @throws NullPointerException if the specified value is null */ public boolean contains(Object value) { return containsValue( value ); }
/** * Legacy method testing if some key maps into the specified value * in this table. This method is identical in functionality to * {@link #containsValue}, and exists solely to ensure * full compatibility with class {@link java.util.Hashtable}, * which supported this method prior to introduction of the * Java Collections framework. * * @param value a value to search for * * @return <tt>true</tt> if and only if some key maps to the * <tt>value</tt> argument in this table as * determined by the <tt>equals</tt> method; * <tt>false</tt> otherwise * * @throws NullPointerException if the specified value is null */ public boolean contains(Object value) { return containsValue( value ); }