Compute the scalar product of two vectors - Java java.lang

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Compute the scalar product of two vectors

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//package com.java2s;

import java.util.HashMap;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Compute the scalar product of two vectors
     * 
     * @param vectorOne
     *          List representing vector one
     * @param vectorTwo
     *          List representing vector two
     * @return Scalar product as double or 0 if the input was invalid.
     */
    public static <T> double computeScalarProduct(
            HashMap<T, Double> vectorOne, HashMap<T, Double> vectorTwo) {

        double scalar = 0;
        for (T key : vectorOne.keySet()) {
            // Check for same key and only compute if a similar entry is found
            // otherwise the product would be zero and therefore no computation
            // is needed
            if (!vectorTwo.containsKey(key))
                continue;

            // Compute scalar if key is found in both vectors
            double valueOne = vectorOne.get(key);
            double valueTwo = vectorTwo.get(key);
            scalar += valueOne * valueTwo;
        }

        return scalar;
    }
}

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