Thread: Java hashmap access without exception

Is it possible to access all values in a hashmap from another thread and changing the content at the same time without getting a java.util.ConcurrentModificationException?
If yes how? I'm getting the exception in this line: Object[] objects = hashMap.values().toArray();

"changing content at the same time" may be your problem. Access to the resource should be limited to one client at a time. Read up on java multithreading (or concurrency) and synchronized methods/statements and locks.

I tried synchronised, but it made it too slow. Just one thread modifies the values, the other just read them.

That's not what your original problem description said, though there is no distinction between access for "read only" versus "read/write." Besides, what's the use of reading data that is changing?

That adding synchronization "made it too slow" suggests you're not doing it right. Explore why one thread requires access to the data so long that it significantly slows down the program's performance. Then again, manipulating huge data stores can take time. How big is the map? Why are you converting the map values to an array? How often are you doing that?

I'm using the hashmap for a tile based game. I'm converting the map into an array because I update these tiles in an update thread.

Okay. Doesn't help me much, but I was hoping the questions I asked might give you some ideas where optimizations could occur. I suggest you use a profiler to find out what's taking so long.