diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/Word.java b/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/Word.java
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+package com.baeldung.hashtable;
+
+public class Word {
+    private String name;
+
+    public Word(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (o == this)
+            return true;
+        if (!(o instanceof Word))
+            return false;
+
+        Word word = (Word) o;
+        return word.getName().equals(this.name) ? true : false;
+
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return name.hashCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/HashtableUnitTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/HashtableUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.hashtable;
+
+import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HashtableUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPutAndGet_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+
+        String definition = table.get(word);
+
+        assertEquals("an animal", definition);
+
+        definition = table.remove(word);
+
+        assertEquals("an animal", definition);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenThesameInstanceOfKey_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+        String extracted = table.get(word);
+        assertEquals("an animal", extracted);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEqualsOverridden_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+        String extracted = table.get(new Word("cat"));
+        assertEquals("an animal", extracted);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void whenNullKey_thenException() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(null, "an animal");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = ConcurrentModificationException.class)
+    public void whenIterate_thenFailFast() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "an animal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+
+        Iterator<Word> it = table.keySet().iterator();
+        System.out.println("iterator created");
+
+        table.remove(new Word("dog"));
+        System.out.println("element removed");
+
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            Word key = it.next();
+            System.out.println(table.get(key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEnumerate_thenNotFailFast() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("1"), "one");
+        table.put(new Word("2"), "two");
+        table.put(new Word("3"), "three");
+        table.put(new Word("4"), "four");
+        table.put(new Word("5"), "five");
+        table.put(new Word("6"), "six");
+        table.put(new Word("7"), "seven");
+        table.put(new Word("8"), "eight");
+
+        Enumeration<Word> enumKey = table.keys();
+        System.out.println("Enumeration created");
+        table.remove(new Word("1"));
+        System.out.println("element removed");
+        while (enumKey.hasMoreElements()) {
+            Word key = enumKey.nextElement();
+            System.out.println(table.get(key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAddElements_thenIterationOrderUnpredicable() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("1"), "one");
+        table.put(new Word("2"), "two");
+        table.put(new Word("3"), "three");
+        table.put(new Word("4"), "four");
+        table.put(new Word("5"), "five");
+        table.put(new Word("6"), "six");
+        table.put(new Word("7"), "seven");
+        table.put(new Word("8"), "eight");
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Word, String>> it = table.entrySet().iterator();
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            Map.Entry<Word, String> entry = it.next();
+            System.out.println(entry.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetOrDefault_thenDefaultGot() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        Word key = new Word("dog");
+        String definition;
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(key)) {
+            definition = table.get(key);
+        } else {
+            definition = "not found";
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        definition = table.getOrDefault(key, "not found");
+
+        assertThat(definition, is("not found"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPutifAbsent_thenNotRewritten() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        String definition = "an animal";
+        // old way
+        /* if (!table.containsKey(new Word("cat"))) {
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }*/
+        // new way
+        table.putIfAbsent(new Word("cat"), definition);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenRemovePair_thenCheckKeyAndValue() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.get(new Word("cat")).equals("an animal")) {
+            table.remove(new Word("cat"));
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        boolean result = table.remove(new Word("cat"), "an animal");
+
+        assertThat(result, is(false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReplacePair_thenValueChecked() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        String definition = "an animal";
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(new Word("cat")) && table.get(new Word("cat")).equals("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal")) {
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }*/
+        // new way
+        table.replace(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal", definition);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("an animal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenKeyIsAbsent_thenNotRewritten() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (!table.containsKey(cat)) {
+            String definition = "an animal";// calculate
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }
+        */
+        // new way
+
+        table.computeIfAbsent(new Word("cat"), key -> "an animal");
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenKeyIsPresent_thenComputeIfPresent() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        Word cat = new Word("cat");
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(cat)) {
+            String concatination = cat.getName() + " - " + table.get(cat);
+            table.put(cat, concatination);
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        table.computeIfPresent(cat, (key, value) -> key.getName() + " - " + value);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(cat), is("cat - a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCompute_thenForAllKeys() {
+
+        Hashtable<String, Integer> table = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
+        String[] animals = { "cat", "dog", "dog", "cat", "bird", "mouse", "mouse" };
+        for (String animal : animals) {
+            table.compute(animal, (key, value) -> (value == null ? Integer.valueOf(1) : Integer.valueOf(value) + 1));
+        }
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems(2, 2, 2, 1));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInsteadOfCompute_thenMerge() {
+
+        Hashtable<String, Integer> table = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
+        String[] animals = { "cat", "dog", "dog", "cat", "bird", "mouse", "mouse" };
+        for (String animal : animals) {
+            table.merge(animal, 1, (oldValue, value) -> (oldValue + value));
+        }
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems(2, 2, 2, 1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenForeach_thenIterate() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+        table.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k.getName() + " - " + v)
+
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReplaceall_thenNoIterationNeeded() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+        table.replaceAll((k, v) -> k.getName() + " - " + v);
+
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems("cat - a small domesticated carnivorous mammal", "dog - another animal"));
+    }
+}