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+public class slidingwindow {
+
+    static int maxSum(int[] arr,int k){
+        //length of the array
+        int n=arr.length;
+
+        //length of array(n) must be greater than window size(k)
+        if(n<k){
+            System.out.println("Invalid");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        //sum of first k(window size) elements
+        int window_sum=0;
+        for(int i=0;i<k;i++) window_sum+=arr[i];
+
+        int max_sum=window_sum;
+
+        
+        for(int i=k;i<n;i++){
+            window_sum+=(arr[i]-arr[i-k]);
+            max_sum=Math.max(window_sum,max_sum);
+        }
+
+        return max_sum;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        //window size
+        int k=3;
+        int[] arr={16, 12, 9, 19, 11, 8};
+        System.out.println(maxSum(arr,k));
+    }
+
+
+}