LinkedHashMap missing?

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Just import java.util; is incomplete b/c it’s only the package part.

In order to actually import class LinkedHashMap, we have to include it after the package path:
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

Alternatively, though not a good practice, we can import the whole “java.util” package via *:
import java.util.*;

For more type flexibility, it’s advisable to declare a variable w/ the corresponding interface type instead; for this case a Map:

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

public final Map<String, String> dict = new LinkedHashMap<>();

By doing so, your LinkedHashMap can be more easily passed around to other functions as if it were any other Map; but still keeping its features.

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