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Which is faster, synchronizing a HashMap or using a Hashtable for thread-safe access?

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Which is faster, synchronizing a HashMap or using a Hashtable for thread-safe access?

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Location: http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=986 Created: Nov 14, 1999 Author: John Zukowski (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=7) Because a synchronized HashMap requires an extra method call, a Hashtable is faster for synchronized access.