How to Clone a Map in Java collection
Following are the 5 different ways to Clone a Map in Java.
Example:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
Method 1: Naive method
1. Create an object for the class map.
2. Put the elements into the map using the put() method.
3. Again create another object for the class map.
4. Now finally iterate the map and call put method to clone the initial map.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
// Program to clone a Map in Java
// Naive Method
import java.util.*;
class JavacloneExample {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an object for class Map
Map<Integer, String> hash_Map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// putting elements into the map
hash_Map.put(1, "this");
hash_Map.put(2, "For");
hash_Map.put(3, "this");
// Creating a new object for
// class Map to clone a map
Map<Integer, String> new_map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// using iterator
for (Map.Entry<Integer, String> entry : hash_Map.entrySet()) {
new_map.put(entry.getKey(),
entry.getValue());
}
System.out.println(new_map);
}
}
Output:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
Method 2: Using putAll().
1. Create an object for the class map.
2. Put the elements into the map using the put() method.
3. Again create another object for the class map.
4. Now finally use putAll() method to clone the initial map.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
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// Program to clone a Map in Java
// putAll Method
import java.util.*;
class JavacloneExample {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an object for class Map
Map<Integer, String> hash_Map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// Putting elements into the map
hash_Map.put(1, "this");
hash_Map.put(2, "For");
hash_Map.put(3, "this");
// Creating a new object
// for class Map to clone a map
Map<Integer, String> new_map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// using putAll method
new_map.putAll(hash_Map);
System.out.println(new_map);
}
}
Output:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
Method 3: Copy Constructor.
1. Create an object for the class map.
2. Put the elements into the map using the put() method.
3. Again create another object for the class map.
4. Now finally use the copy constructor(It is a special constructor used for creating a new object as a copy of an existing object) to clone the initial map.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
import java.util.*;
class JavacloneExample {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an object for class Map
Map<Integer, String> hash_Map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// putting elements into the map
hash_Map.put(1, "this");
hash_Map.put(2, "For");
hash_Map.put(3, "this");
// Creating a new object
// for class Map to clone a map
Map<Integer, String> new_map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
new_map = new HashMap<>(hash_Map);
System.out.println(new_map);
}
}
Output:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
Method 4: Java 8
1. Create an object for the class map.
2. Put the elements into the map using the put() method.
3. Again create another object for the class map.
4. Now finally use Stream API from Java 8 to clone the initial map.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
class JavacloneExample {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an object for class Map
Map<Integer, String> hash_Map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// putting elements into the map
hash_Map.put(1, "this");
hash_Map.put(2, "For");
hash_Map.put(3, "this");
// Creating a new object
// for class Map to clone a map
Map<Integer, String> new_map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
new_map
= hash_Map.entrySet()
.stream()
.collect(
Collectors
.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey,
Map.Entry::getValue));
System.out.println(new_map);
}
}
Output:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
Explanation:It is also similar to above methods, but here we use Stream API from java 8 to clone the original map.
Method 5: JSON
1. Create an object for the class map.
2. Put the elements into the map using the put() method.
3. Again create another object for the class map.
4. Now finally use Google’s GSON library to clone the initial map.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
Implementation:
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import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
class JavacloneExample {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating an object for class Map
Map<Integer, String> hash_Map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
// putting elements into the map
hash_Map.put(1, "this");
hash_Map.put(2, "For");
hash_Map.put(3, "this");
// Creating a new object
// for class Map to clone a map
Map<Integer, String> new_map
= new HashMap<Integer, String>();
Gson gson = new Gson();
String jsonString = gson.toJson(hash_Map);
new_map = gson.fromJson(jsonString, Map.class);
System.out.println(new_map);
}
}
Output:
{1=this, 2=For, 3=this}
