A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Since LHM is ordered you can use LHM.iterator() LHM.values() and LHM.entries() to get items in order. However, you cannot get values in *reverse* order as there is no equivalent of Vector.listIterator(int).

JUSTIFICATION :
Performance and usability.

This is what i expected it to do already !

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
LHM.values() and LHM.entries() to return an AbstractSequentialList rather than a Collection interface (implemented as an anonymous extension of AbstractCollection). **This would not break any existing applications**
ACTUAL -
LHM.values() and LHM.entries() return an AbstractCollection that cannot therefore present a ListIterator to the user.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Currently you have to use :

Collections.list( Collections.enumeration( linkedhashmap.values() ) );

The performance of this is appalling considering the underlying collection is a linked list. Obviously, we maintain a second index to get around this.
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