Method #1: Iterating over entries using For-Each loop.

This is the most common method and is preferable in most cases. Should be used if you need both map keys and values in the loop. Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();

for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) { System.out.println("Key = " + entry.getKey() + ", Value = " + entry.getValue()); }
Note that For-Each loop was introduced in Java 5 so this method is working only in newer versions of the language. Also For-Each loop will throw NullPointerException if you try to iterate over a map that is null, so before iterating you should always check for null references.

Method #2: Iterating over keys or values using For-Each loop.

If you need only keys or values from the map, you can iterate over keySet or values instead of entrySet.

Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(); //iterating over keys only for (Integer key : map.keySet()) { System.out.println("Key = " + key); } //iterating over values only for (Integer value : map.values()) { System.out.println("Value = " + value); }
Iterating using Iterator.
Using Generics:
Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(); Iterator<Map.Entry<Integer, Integer>> entries = map.entrySet().iterator(); while (entries.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry = entries.next(); System.out.println("Key = " + entry.getKey() + ", Value = " + entry.getValue()); }

Without Generics:
Map map = new HashMap(); Iterator entries = map.entrySet().iterator(); while (entries.hasNext()) { Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) entries.next(); Integer key = (Integer)entry.getKey(); Integer value = (Integer)entry.getValue(); System.out.println("Key = " + key + ", Value = " + value); }

Iterating over keys and searching for values (inefficient).

Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(); for (Integer key : map.keySet()) { Integer value = map.get(key); System.out.println("Key = " + key + ", Value = " + value); } for (Iterator<T> secret = x.iterator(); secret.hasNext(); /*see body*/) { final v = secret.next(); body }