在下面的代码示例中，将键设置为null并被System.gc()调用时，将WeakHashMap丢失所有映射并清空。

class WeakHashMapExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    Key k1 = new Key("Hello");
    Key k2 = new Key("World");
    Key k3 = new Key("Java");
    Key k4 = new Key("Programming");

    Map<Key, String> wm = new WeakHashMap<Key, String>();


    wm.put(k1, "Hello");
    wm.put(k2, "World");
    wm.put(k3, "Java");
    wm.put(k4, "Programming");
    k1=null;
    k2=null;
    k3=null;
    k4=null;
    System.gc();
    System.out.println("Weak Hash Map :"+wm.toString());

}

}

class Key{

private String key;

public Key(String key) {
    this.key=key;
}

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return this.key.equals((String)obj);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
    return key.hashCode();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
    return key;
}

}

Output: Weak Hash Map :{}

当WeakHashMap与HashMap和一起使用时，键设置为null，WeakHashMap则不会丢失其键值映射。

class WeakHashMapExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    Key k1 = new Key("Hello");
    Key k2 = new Key("World");
    Key k3 = new Key("Java");
    Key k4 = new Key("Programming");

    Map<Key, String> wm = new WeakHashMap<Key, String>();
    Map<Key, String> hm=new HashMap<Key, String>();

    wm.put(k1, "Hello");
    wm.put(k2, "World");
    wm.put(k3, "Java");
    wm.put(k4, "Programming");

    hm.put(k1, "Hello");
    hm.put(k2, "World");
    hm.put(k3, "Java");
    hm.put(k4, "Programming");
    k1=null;
    k2=null;
    k3=null;
    k4=null;
    System.gc();
    System.out.println("Weak Hash Map :"+wm.toString());
    System.out.println("Hash Map :"+hm.toString());
}

}

class Key{

private String key;

public Key(String key) {
    this.key=key;
}

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return this.key.equals((String)obj);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
    return key.hashCode();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
    return key;
}

}

输出： Weak Hash Map :{Java=Java, Hello=Hello, World=World, Programming=Programming} Hash Map :{Programming=Programming, World=World, Java=Java, Hello=Hello}

我的问题是，WeakHashMap即使丢弃了密钥，为什么在第二个代码示例中也不会丢失其条目？