How can I check if a hashmap contains a key of a custom class type?

Question

I have a hashmap whose keys are of a custom class type (class A) and I want to check whether an child class B (B extends A) appears as a key in the map.

IntelliJ gives me no warnings for the following code, but it's not going into the statement. What could be wrong?

HashMap<A, Integer> map = new HashMap<A, Integer>();
map.put(new B(), 1);

if (map.containsKey(new B())) {
    System.out.println("Success!");
}

Answer 1

You are checking if the Map contains a key of a specific instance of class B (not the class itself).

If you need to check if the Map contains a key of class B you can do:

boolean hasClass = map.keySet().stream().anyMatch(B.class::isInstance);

Answer 2

You are creating a new instance of the B() object and that new instance is not in the HashMap. Try changing the code to

HashMap<A, Integer> map = new HashMap<A, Integer>();
B keyToBeTested = new B();
map.put(keyToBeTested, 1);

if (map.containsKey(keyToBeTested) {
    System.out.println("Success!");
}