Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 52North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source * Software GmbH * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published * by the Free Software Foundation. * * If the program is linked with libraries which are licensed under one of * the following licenses, the combination of the program with the linked * library is not considered a "derivative work" of the program: * * - Apache License, version 2.0 * - Apache Software License, version 1.0 * - GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 * - Mozilla Public License, versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 * - Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0 * * Therefore the distribution of the program linked with libraries licensed * under the aforementioned licenses, is permitted by the copyright holders * if the distribution is compliant with both the GNU General Public * License version 2 and the aforementioned licenses. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General * Public License for more details. */ import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Map; import com.google.common.collect.Lists; public class Main { /** * Add a value to a map collection, initializing the key's collection if needed * * @param key Key whose value collection should be added to * @param valueToAdd Vale to add to the key's collection * @param map Map holding collections */ public static <K, V> void addToCollectionMap(K key, V valueToAdd, Map<K, Collection<V>> map) { if (key == null || valueToAdd == null || map == null) { return; } Collection<V> collection = map.get(key); if (collection == null) { collection = Lists.newArrayList(); map.put(key, collection); } collection.add(valueToAdd); } }