Here you can find the source of copy(Map master, Map slave)
public static void copy(Map master, Map slave)
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w. ja v a2 s .com * Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Liferay, LLC. All rights reserved. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static void copy(Map master, Map slave) { slave.clear(); Iterator itr = master.entrySet().iterator(); while (itr.hasNext()) { Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) itr.next(); Object key = entry.getKey(); Object value = entry.getValue(); slave.put(key, value); } } }