Most efficient way to increment a Map value in Java

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Now there is a shorter way with Java 8 using Map::merge. 

myMap.merge(key, 1, Integer::sum)

What it does:

  • if key do not exists, put 1 as value
  • otherwise sum 1 to the value linked to key

More information here.

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