Java — Comparing Two HashMaps | Code Factory

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Using Map.equals()

package com.example.java.programming;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * @author code.factory
 *
 */
public class Test {
	public static void main(String... strings) {
		Map<String, String> map1 = new HashMap<>();
		map1.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		map1.put("Maharastra", "Mumbai");
		Map<String, String> map2 = new HashMap<>();
		map2.put("Maharastra", "Mumbai");
		map2.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		Map<String, String> map3 = new HashMap<>();
		map3.put("Rajasthan", "Jaipur");
		map3.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		System.out.println(map1.equals(map2));
		System.out.println(map1.equals(map3));
	}
}

Output:

true
false

• * The way that Map.equals() works is by comparing keys and values using the Object.equals() method. This means it only works when both key and value objects implement equals() properly.
• For example, Map.equals() doesn’t work when the value type is array, as an array’s equals() method compares identity and not the contents of the array.

package com.example.java.programming;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * @author code.factory
 *
 */
public class Test {
	public static void main(String... strings) {
		Map<String, String[]> map1 = new HashMap<>();
		map1.put("Gujarat", new String[] {"Ahmedabad", "Gandhinagar"});
		map1.put("Maharastra", new String[] {"Mumbai", "Pune"});
		Map<String, String[]> map2 = new HashMap<>();
		map2.put("Maharastra", new String[] {"Mumbai", "Pune"});
		map2.put("Gujarat", new String[] {"Ahmedabad", "Gandhinagar"});
		System.out.println(map1.equals(map2));
	}
}

Output:

false

Using the Java Stream API

package com.example.java.programming;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * @author code.factory
 *
 */
public class Test {
	public static void main(String... strings) {
		Map<String, String> map1 = new HashMap<>();
		map1.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		map1.put("Maharastra", "Mumbai");
		Map<String, String> map2 = new HashMap<>();
		map2.put("Maharastra", "Mumbai");
		map2.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		Map<String, String> map3 = new HashMap<>();
		map3.put("Rajasthan", "Jaipur");
		map3.put("Gujarat", "Ahmedabad");
		System.out.println(map1.entrySet().stream().allMatch(m -> m.getValue().equals(map2.get(m.getKey()))));
		System.out.println(map1.entrySet().stream().allMatch(m -> m.getValue().equals(map3.get(m.getKey()))));
	}
}

Output:

true
false

• Now compare arrays value.

package com.example.java.programming;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * @author code.factory
 *
 */
public class Test {
	public static void main(String... strings) {
		Map<String, String[]> map1 = new HashMap<>();
		map1.put("Gujarat", new String[] {"Ahmedabad", "Gandhinagar"});
		map1.put("Maharastra", new String[] {"Mumbai", "Pune"});
		Map<String, String[]> map2 = new HashMap<>();
		map2.put("Maharastra", new String[] {"Mumbai", "Pune"});
		map2.put("Gujarat", new String[] {"Ahmedabad", "Gandhinagar"});
		System.out.println(map1.entrySet().stream().allMatch(m -> Arrays.equals(m.getValue(), map2.get(m.getKey()))));
	}
}

Output:

true