WebTimer - Minor changes for a daemon thread option

MapUtils - Multiple maps merge method added

Author: mgarin

modules/core/src/com/alee/utils/MapUtils.java

@@ -272,4 +272,36 @@ public static <K, V> void removeAllValues ( final Map<K, V> map, final V value )
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Merges specified maps into one new map and returns it.
+     *
+     * @param maps maps to merge into new one
+     * @param <K>  key type
+     * @param <V>  value type
+     * @return new map containing all provided maps merged into it
+     */
+    public static <K, V> HashMap<K, V> merge ( final Map<K, V>... maps )
+    {
+        // Preparing new map size
+        int size = 0;
+        for ( final Map<K, V> map : maps )
+        {
+            if ( map != null )
+            {
+                size += map.size ();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Creating and filling new map
+        final HashMap<K, V> merged = new HashMap<K, V> ( size );
+        for ( final Map<K, V> map : maps )
+        {
+            if ( map != null )
+            {
+                merged.putAll ( map );
+            }
+        }
+        return merged;
+    }
 }

modules/core/src/com/alee/utils/swing/WebTimer.java

@@ -1506,6 +1506,7 @@ public static WebTimer repeat ( final boolean useDaemonThread, final String name
         final WebTimer repeat = new WebTimer ( name, delay, initialDelay, listener );
         repeat.setRepeats ( true );
         repeat.setUseDaemonThread ( useDaemonThread );
+        repeat.setUseEventDispatchThread ( false );
         repeat.setCyclesLimit ( cyclesLimit );
         repeat.start ();
         return repeat;