Changes to <Entry> base list not showing up in map parent?

Question

public static void main(String[] args){

    Map<String, Integer> myMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
    myMap.put("a", 1);
    myMap.put("b", 7);
    myMap.put("c", 2);
    myMap.put("b", 5);

    List<Entry<String, Integer>> myList = mySort(myMap); //sort by map values!
    //myList is now sorted but myMap is not!
}

public List<Entry<String,Integer>> mySort(Map<String, Integer> map){        
    Set<Entry<String,Integer>> set = map.entrySet();
    List<Entry<String,Integer>> list = new ArrayList<Entry<String,Integer>>(set);       
    Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Entry<String, Integer>>()
    {
        public int compare(Entry<String,Integer> o1, Entry<String, Integer> o2){
            return (o2.getValue()).compareTo(o1.getValue());
           }    
     }
    );      
    return list;        
} 

My question is: after calling the sort (in the last line of the main function), if I print my list, I see that it is sorted correctly. But what happens with myMap- if I check it, I still find it unsorted! Since the list was created by "copying by reference" from a set of objects on the map, should the changes in the list also reflect on the map?

Answer 1

Since the list was created by "copy by link" from a set of objects on the map, shouldn; • Will the changes in the list also reflect on the map?

In a word - no.

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Answer 2

:

List<Entry<String,Integer>> list = new ArrayList<Entry<String,Integer>>(set);     

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