public V get(Object key) {  
        if (key == null)  
            return getForNullKey();  
        int hash = hash(key.hashCode());  
        for (Entry<K,V> e = table[indexFor(hash, table.length)];  
             e != null;  
             e = e.next) {  
            Object k;  
            if (e.hash == hash && ((k = e.key) == key || key.equals(k)))  
                return e.value;  
        }  
        return null;  
    }  
    /** 
     * Offloaded version of get() to look up null keys.  Null keys map 
     * to index 0.  This null case is split out into separate methods 
     * for the sake of performance in the two most commonly used 
     * operations (get and put), but incorporated with conditionals in 
     * others. 
     */  
    private V getForNullKey() {  
        for (Entry<K,V> e = table[0]; e != null; e = e.next) {  
            if (e.key == null)  
                return e.value;  
        }  
        return null;  
    }