How to putAll on Java hashMap contents of one to another, but not replace existing keys and values?

Question

I need to copy all keys and values from one A HashMap onto another one B, but not to replace existing keys and values.

Whats the best way to do that?

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Answer 1

With Java 8 there is this API method to accomplish your requirement.

map.putIfAbsent(key, value)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null) associates it with the given value and returns null, else returns the current value.