how to merge more than one hashmaps also sum the values of same key in java

Question

ı am trying to merge more than one hashmaps also sum the values of same key, ı want to explain my problem with toy example as follows

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Answer 1

This is a very nice use case for Java 8 streams. You can concatentate the streams of entries and then collect them in a new map:

Map combinedMap = Stream.concat(m1.entrySet().stream(), m2.entrySet().stream())
    .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Map.Entry::getKey,
             Collectors.summingInt(Map.Entry::getValue)));

There are lots of nice things about this solution, including being able to make it parallel, expanding to as many maps as you want and being able to trivial filter the maps if required. It also does not require the orginal maps to be mutable.