Assuming the TreeMap<String,List> one and its copy as bellow,
i want to compare all keys in the first one with all values in the second one. If a key has no match in values, as AUF_1060589919844_59496 and AUF_1421272434570_1781 in this case, i want to get the key and its values back.
{AUF_1060589919844_59496=[AUF_1086686287581_9999,
AUF_1086686329972_10049, AUF_1079023138936_6682],
AUF_1087981634453_7022=[AUF_1421268533080_1741, AUF_1421268568003_1743],
AUF_1421268533080_1741=[AUF_1421268719761_1776],
AUF_1421272434570_1781=[AUF_1087981634453_7022]}
copy of above
{AUF_1060589919844_59496=[AUF_1086686287581_9999,
AUF_1086686329972_10049, AUF_1079023138936_6682],
AUF_1087981634453_7022=[AUF_1421268533080_1741, AUF_1421268568003_1743],
AUF_1421268533080_1741=[AUF_1421268719761_1776],
AUF_1421272434570_1781=[AUF_1087981634453_7022]}
What I understand from your problem is to get key which are not there in values and its value also. I think there is no need to create copy of it. I am posting a code snippet, I think this will certainly help you
Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<String, List<String>>(); //Add elements in map
Collection<List<String>> list = map.values();
List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
for (List<String> listValues : list) {
values.addAll(listValues);
}
for (String key : map.keySet()) {
if (!values.contains(key)) {
System.out.println("key ---->" + key);
System.out.println("Values ------->");
for (String value : map.get(key)) {
System.out.println(value);
}
}
}