newDelegate.put(key(i), value(i));
    }
    this.table = newDelegate;
    this.entries = null;
    this.keys = null;
    this.values = null;
    incrementModCount();
    return newDelegate;
  }

  /** Stores the hash table mask as the number of bits needed to represent an index. */
  private void setHashTableMask(int mask) {