Example
public class InsertIntoConcurrentHashMap
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, SomeObject> concurrentHashMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
SomeObject value = new SomeObject();
Integer key = 1;
SomeObject previousValue = concurrentHashMap.putIfAbsent(1, value);
if (previousValue != null)
{
//Then some other value was mapped to key = 1. 'value' that was passed to
//putIfAbsent method is NOT inserted, hence, any other thread which calls
//concurrentHashMap.get(1) would NOT receive a reference to the 'value'
//that your thread attempted to insert. Decide how you wish to handle
//this situation.
}
else
{
//'value' reference is mapped to key = 1.
}
}
}