Java Hashmap: How to get key from value?

Question

If I have the value \"foo\", and a HashMap ftw for which ftw.containsValue(\"foo\") returns true, how can I

Answer 1

/**
 * This method gets the Key for the given Value
 * @param paramName
 * @return
 */
private String getKeyForValueFromMap(String paramName) {
    String keyForValue = null;
    if(paramName!=null)) {
        Set> entrySet = myMap().entrySet();
        if(entrySet!=null && entrySet.size>0) {
            for(Entry entry : entrySet) {
                if(entry!=null && paramName.equalsIgnoreCase(entry.getValue())) {
                    keyForValue = entry.getKey();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return keyForValue;
}