diff --git a/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/CopyHashMap.java b/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/CopyHashMap.java
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+package com.baeldung.copyinghashmap;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils;
+
+public class CopyHashMap {
+
+    public static HashMap basicCopy(HashMap originalMap, HashMap copyMap) {
+        Set<Map.Entry> entries = originalMap.entrySet();
+        for(Map.Entry mapEntry: entries) {
+            copyMap.put(mapEntry.getKey(), mapEntry.getValue());
+        }
+        
+        return copyMap;
+    }
+    
+    
+    public static Map copyUsingPutAll(Map originalMap, Map copyMap) {
+        copyMap.putAll(originalMap);
+        
+        return copyMap;
+    }
+    
+    public static HashMap copyUsingJava8Stream(HashMap originalMap) {
+        Set<Map.Entry> entries = originalMap.entrySet();
+        HashMap copyMap = (HashMap) entries
+            .stream()
+            .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
+        
+        return copyMap;
+    }
+    
+    public static HashMap shallowCopy(HashMap originalMap) {
+        //return new HashMap(originalMap);
+        return (HashMap) originalMap.clone();
+    }
+    
+    public static HashMap deepCopy(HashMap originalMap) {
+        return SerializationUtils.clone(originalMap);
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/core-java-collections/src/test/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/CopyHashMapUnitTest.java b/core-java-collections/src/test/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/CopyHashMapUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.copyinghashmap;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
+public class CopyHashMapUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHashmap_whenCopy_thenCopyContainsAllMappings() {
+        
+        HashMap<String, String> colorMap = new HashMap<>();
+        colorMap.put("1", "Red");
+        colorMap.put("2", "Blue");
+        colorMap.put("3", "Green");
+        
+        System.out.println("ColorMap content : " + colorMap);
+        
+        HashMap<String, String> colorMapCopy = new HashMap<>();
+        colorMapCopy.put("1", "Orange");
+        colorMapCopy.put("4", "Black");
+        
+        colorMapCopy = CopyHashMap.basicCopy(colorMap, colorMapCopy);
+        
+        System.out.println("ColorMapCopy content : " +colorMapCopy);
+        
+        assertEquals(4, colorMapCopy.size());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHashMap_whenShallowCopy_thenCopyisNotSameAsOriginal() {
+        
+        HashMap<String, Employee> employeeMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Employee emp1 = new Employee("John", "Smith");
+        Employee emp2 = new Employee("Norman", "Lewis");
+        employeeMap.put("employee1",emp1);
+        employeeMap.put("employee2",emp2);
+    
+        HashMap employeeMapShallowCopy = CopyHashMap.shallowCopy(employeeMap);
+        
+        assertThat(employeeMapShallowCopy).isNotSameAs(employeeMap);
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHashMap_whenShallowCopyModifyingOriginalObject_thenCopyShouldChange() {
+        
+        HashMap<String, Employee> employeeMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Employee emp1 = new Employee("John", "Smith");
+        Employee emp2 = new Employee("Norman", "Lewis");
+        employeeMap.put("employee1",emp1);
+        employeeMap.put("employee2",emp2);
+        HashMap employeeMapShallowCopy = CopyHashMap.shallowCopy(employeeMap);
+        
+        emp1.setFirstName("Johny");
+        
+        assertThat(employeeMapShallowCopy.get("employee1"))
+        .isEqualTo(employeeMap.get("employee1"));
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHashMap_whenDeepCopyModifyingOriginalObject_thenCopyShouldNotChange() {
+        
+        HashMap<String, Employee> employeeMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Employee emp1 = new Employee("John", "Smith");
+        Employee emp2 = new Employee("Norman", "Lewis");
+        employeeMap.put("employee1",emp1);
+        employeeMap.put("employee2",emp2);
+        HashMap employeeMapDeepCopy = CopyHashMap.deepCopy(employeeMap);
+        
+        emp1.setFirstName("Johny");
+        
+        assertThat(employeeMapDeepCopy.get("employee1"))
+        .isNotEqualTo(employeeMap.get("employee1"));
+        
+    }  
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenImmutableMap_whenCopyUsingGuava_thenCopyShouldNotChange() {
+        
+        Map<String, Integer> heightMap = ImmutableMap.<String, Integer> builder()
+            .put("emp1", 160)
+            .put("emp2", 165)
+            .put("emp3", 163)
+            .build();
+        Map<String, Integer> heightMapCopy = ImmutableMap.copyOf(heightMap);
+        
+        assertThat(heightMapCopy).isSameAs(heightMap);
+        
+    }
+    
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-collections/src/test/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/Employee.java b/core-java-collections/src/test/java/com/baeldung/copyinghashmap/Employee.java
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+package com.baeldung.copyinghashmap;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public class Employee implements Serializable{
+    
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    
+    public Employee(String firstName, String lastName) {
+        super();
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+    
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+    
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+    
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.firstName + " " + this.lastName;
+    }
+ 
+}
+
+