说明：我所涉及到的试验代码，均是针对于1百万条记录，我的硬件配置如下：CPUP4 1.5G,256M DDR的内存。
如果要试验其代码，要采用这种方式运行：java -Xms128M -Xmx250M TestMap
1，对内存容量的要求
Map对象高于List。因为Map除了Value外还需要一个Object的Key，从而增大了Map的容量。试验代码如下：

import java.util.*;
public class TestMap { 
      public static void main(String[] args) { 
            System.out.println("begin>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"); 
            long sm = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory(); 
            System.out.println("Begin Memory :" + sm); 
            Map m = new Hashtable(); 
            //LinkedList tmpList = new LinkedList(); 
            for (int i=0;i<1000000;i++) { 
                  m.put(""+i,"i=" + i); 
                  //Integer integer = new Integer(i); 
                  //tmpList.add(integer); 
            } 
            long em = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory(); 
            System.out.println("End Memory :" + em); 
            System.out.println("End-Start Memory :" + (em - sm)); 
            //walkList(tmpList); 
            System.out.println("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<end"); 
            //find(m,"985757"); 
            walkMap(m); 
            //List tmpList = new LinkedList(); 
            //tmpList.addAll(m.values()); 
        } 
      }

其对比结果如下：1百万条记录Map大概需要70M额外空间，而List不需要，其额外空间为0
2.遍历比较
我在试验中，发现我们经常采用遍历List的方式是一个错误的遍历方式，其性能其差无比。我们经常遍历List代码实例如下： 

      for(int i = 0;i<list.size();i++) { 
            Object obj = list.get(i); 
      }

如果List的遍历方式换一种方式，其性能和Map差不多，我们将上面的代码进行扩充，从而来比较Map和List的遍历速度：

import java.util.*;
/**
* @author whxu
* @version 1.0.0 2003-4-22 AM
*/
public class TestMap { 
      public static void main(String[] args) { 
            System.out.println("begin>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"); 
            long sm = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory(); 
            System.out.println("Begin Memory :" + sm); 
            Map m = new Hashtable(); 
            //LinkedList tmpList = new LinkedList(); 
            for (int i=0;i<1000000;i++) { 
                  m.put(""+i,"i=" + i); 
                  //Integer integer = new Integer(i); 
                  //tmpList.add(integer); 
            } 
            long em = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory(); 
            System.out.println("End Memory :" + em); 
            System.out.println("End-Start Memory :" + (em - sm)); 
            //walkList(tmpList); 
            System.out.println("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<end"); 
            //find(m,"985757"); 
            walkMap(m); 
            //List tmpList = new LinkedList(); 
            //tmpList.addAll(m.values()); 
      } 
      public static void find(Map m,String key) { 
            long st = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
            Object obj = m.get(key); 
            System.out.println("Object:" + obj); 
            long et = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
            System.out.println("Start Time:" + st); 
            System.out.println("End Time:" + et); 
            System.out.println("Use Time:" + (et - st)); 
      } 
      public static void walkMap(Map m) { 
            long st = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
            for(Iterator it = m.values().iterator();it.hasNext();) { 
                  Object obj = it.next(); 
            } 
            long et = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
            System.out.println("WalkMap Start Time:" + st); 
            System.out.println("WalkMap End Time:" + et); 
            System.out.println("WalkMap Use Time:" + (et - st)); 
         } 
         public static void walkList(LinkedList l) { 
                 long st = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
                 Object obj = null; 
               //System.out.println(l.get(3434)); 
               /*这种遍历方式的性能其差无比，建议不要使用 
               for(int i=0;i<l.size();i++) { 
                   obj = l.get(i); 
               } 
               */ 
               for(Iterator it = l.iterator();it.hasNext();) { 
                   obj = it.next(); 
                  } 
                  long et = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
                  System.out.println("WalkList Start Time:" + st); 
                  System.out.println("WalkList End Time:" + et); 
               System.out.println("WalkList Use Time:" + (et - st)); 
           }
 }

3.随机查找。如果Map知道了Key，List知道了index，其性能在一百万条数据中无多大差别。其实例代码如下：

import java.util.*;
/**
* @author whxu
* @version 1.0.0 2003-4-22 AM
*/
public class TestMap
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("begin>>>>>>>>>>>>>>");
long sm = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
System.out.println("Begin Memory :" + sm);
Map m = new Hashtable();
LinkedList tmpList = new LinkedList();
for (int i=0;i<1000000;i++) {
//m.put(""+i,"i=" + i);
tmpList.add("i=" + i);
}
long em = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
System.out.println("End Memory :" + em);
System.out.println("End-Start Memory :" + (em - sm));
//walkList(tmpList);
System.out.println("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<end");
//find(m,"985757");
find(tmpList,1000000-1);
//walkMap(m);
//List tmpList = new LinkedList();
//tmpList.addAll(m.values());
}
public static void find(Map m,String key) {
long st = System.currentTimeMillis();
Object obj = m.get(key);
System.out.println("Find Map Object:" + obj);
long et = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("Find Map Start Time:" + st);
System.out.println("Find Map End Time:" + et);
System.out.println("Find Map Use Time:" + (et - st));
}
public static void find(List l,int index) {
long st = System.currentTimeMillis();
Object obj = l.get(index);
System.out.println("Find List Object:" + obj);
long et = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("Find List Start Time:" + st);
System.out.println("Find List End Time:" + et);
System.out.println("Find List Use Time:" + (et - st));
}
public static void walkMap(Map m) {
long st = System.currentTimeMillis();
for(Iterator it = m.values().iterator();it.hasNext();) {
Object obj = it.next();
}
long et = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("WalkMap Start Time:" + st);
System.out.println("WalkMap End Time:" + et);
System.out.println("WalkMap Use Time:" + (et - st));
}
public static void walkList(LinkedList l) {
long st = System.currentTimeMillis();
Object obj = null;
//System.out.println(l.get(3434));
/*for(int i=0;i<l.size();i++) {
obj = l.get(i);
}
*/
for(Iterator it = l.iterator();it.hasNext();) {
obj = it.next();
}
long et = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("WalkList Start Time:" + st);
System.out.println("WalkList End Time:" + et);
System.out.println("WalkList Use Time:" + (et - st));
}
}