maps

A map is a collection of key-value pairs. JavaScript ships a built-in Map type. This maps module introduces two more map data structures to the mix:

• HashMap, a map implementation using an array and a hash function. Runtime O(1).
• TreeMap, a map implementation that uses a self-balanced BinarySearchTree. Runtime O(logn)

A HashMap is more time-efficient, whereas a TreeMap is more space-efficient. The keys in a TreeMap are always sorted. This may or may not be the implementation detail in HashMap. Additionally, TreeMap offers some statistical data, such as maximum/minimum value, median, range of keys etc., for "free". HashMap does not.

TreeMap guarantees an O(logn) search complexity. HashMap offers an average complexity of O(1) but in the rare case of a rehash, it would take O(n).