Java tutorial
import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { /** * Clones the lhs map and add all things from the * rhs map. * * @param lhs the first map * @param rhs the second map * @return the merged map */ public static Map merge(Map lhs, Map rhs) { Map result = null; if ((lhs == null) || (lhs.size() == 0)) { result = copy(rhs); } else if ((rhs == null) || (rhs.size() == 0)) { result = copy(lhs); } else { result = copy(lhs); result.putAll(rhs); } return result; } /** * Clones a map. * * @param source the source map * @return the clone of the source map */ public static Map copy(Map source) { if (source == null) { return null; } Map result = new HashMap(); result.putAll(source); return result; } }