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What changed in HashMap in Java 8 compared with previous versions?
Tests whether you know Java 8 introduced bucket treeification (converting a long collision chain into a red-black tree once it crosses a threshold, dropping worst-case lookup from O(n) to O(log n)) and changed the hash spreading function, rather than assuming HashMap's internals stayed the same across versions.
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