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

    HashMap

        

Answer 1

This method should do it (in Java 5+)

public static <K> Map<K, Integer> mergeAndAdd(Map<K, Integer>... maps) {
    Map<K, Integer> result = new HashMap<>();
    for (Map<K, Integer> map : maps) {
        for (Map.Entry<K, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) {
            K key = entry.getKey();
            Integer current = result.get(key);
            result.put(key, current == null ? entry.getValue() : entry.getValue() + current);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

Answer 2

Here's my quick and dirty implementation:

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class MapMerger {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        HashMap<String, Integer> m = new HashMap<>();
        HashMap<String, Integer> m2 = new HashMap<>();

        m.put("apple", 2);
        m.put("pear", 3);
        m2.put("apple", 9);
        m2.put("banana", 6);

        final Map<String, Integer> result = (new MapMerger()).mergeSumOfMaps(m, m2);
        System.out.println(result);
    }

    public Map<String, Integer> mergeSumOfMaps(Map<String, Integer>... maps) {
        final Map<String, Integer> resultMap = new HashMap<>();
        for (final Map<String, Integer> map : maps) {
            for (final String key : map.keySet()) {
                final int value;
                if (resultMap.containsKey(key)) {
                    final int existingValue = resultMap.get(key);
                    value = map.get(key) + existingValue;
                }
                else {
                    value = map.get(key);
                }
                resultMap.put(key, value);
            }
        }
        return resultMap;
    }
}

Output:

{banana=6, apple=11, pear=3}

There are some things you should do (like null checking), and I'm not sure if it's the fastest. Also, this is specific to integers. I attempted to make one using generics of the Number class, but you'd need this method for each type (byte, int, short, longer, etc)