Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2008-2015, Hazelcast, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; public class Main { /** * Add value to list of values in the map. Creates a new list if it doesn't exist for the key * * @param map * @param key * @param value * @return the updated list of values. */ public static <K, V> List<V> addToValueList(Map<K, List<V>> map, K key, V value) { List<V> values = map.get(key); if (values == null) { values = new ArrayList<V>(); map.put(key, values); } values.add(value); return values; } }