public V put(K key, V value) {
    return putVal(hash(key), key, value, false, true);
}
final V putVal(int hash, K key, V value, boolean onlyIfAbsent,
               boolean evict) {
    Node<K,V>[] tab; Node<K,V> p; int n, i;
    
    if ((tab = table) == null || (n = tab.length) == 0)
        n = (tab = resize()).length;
    
    if ((p = tab[i = (n - 1) & hash]) == null)
        tab[i] = newNode(hash, key, value, null);
    else {
        Node<K,V> e; K k;
        
        if (p.hash == hash &&
            ((k = p.key) == key || (key != null && key.equals(k))))
            e = p;
            
        
        else if (p instanceof TreeNode)  
            e = ((TreeNode<K,V>)p).putTreeVal(this, tab, hash, key, value);
        else {
            
            for (int binCount = 0; ; ++binCount) {
                
                if ((e = p.next) == null) {
                    p.next = newNode(hash, key, value, null);
                    
                    if (binCount >= TREEIFY_THRESHOLD - 1) 
                        treeifyBin(tab, hash);
                    break;
                }
                
                
                if (e.hash == hash &&
                    ((k = e.key) == key || (key != null && key.equals(k))))
                    break;
                p = e;
            }
        }
        
        
        if (e != null) { 
            V oldValue = e.value;
            
            if (!onlyIfAbsent || oldValue == null)
                e.value = value;
            afterNodeAccess(e);
            return oldValue;
        }
    }
    ++modCount;
    
    if (++size > threshold)
        resize();
    afterNodeInsertion(evict);
    return null;
}