Java doc says that return values of method values() and entrySet() are backed by the map. So changes to the map are reflected in the set and vice versa. I don't want this to happen to my static copy. Essentially, I want lots of concurrent operations to be done on my DS. But for some cases I want to iterate over its static snapshot. I want to iterate over static snapshot, as I am assuming iterating over static snapshot will be faster as compared to a version which is being updated concurrently.
Simply make a copy, new HashMap would be independent of the original one.
Set<K> keySetCopy = new HashSet<>(map.keySet());
List<V> valuesCopy = new ArrayList<>(map.values());
However mind that this will take a full iteration over the concurrentStructure, once but will only then be static snapshots. So you will need time equivalent to one full iteration.