Kuidas toimub elemendi otsimine võtme järgi HashMap andmestruktuuris?

Element search by key in HashMap occurs as follows:

1. The hash code of the key is calculated using the hashCode() method.
2. Based on the hash code, the index of the bucket in the array is determined, where the element may be stored.
3. In this bucket, a search among the elements is performed (in case of collisions), comparing keys using the equals() method.
4. If the key matches, the corresponding value is returned.

Thus, searching in a HashMap is usually performed in constant time O(1), but in case of many collisions, the time may increase.