String to HashMap JAVA

Question

I have a Java Property file and there is a KEY as ORDER. So I retrieve the VALUE of that KEY using the getProperty(

Answer 1

In one line :

HashMap map = (HashMap) Arrays.asList(str.split(",")).stream().map(s -> s.split(":")).collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e[0], e -> Integer.parseInt(e[1])));

Details:

1) Split entry pairs and convert string array to List in order to use java.lang.Collection.Stream API from Java 1.8

Arrays.asList(str.split(","))

2) Map the resulting string list "key:value" to a string array with [0] as key and [1] as value

map(s -> s.split(":"))

3) Use collect terminal method from stream API to mutate

collect(Collector> collector)

4) Use the Collectors.toMap() static method which take two Function to perform mutation from input type to key and value type.

toMap(Function keyMapper, Function valueMapper)

where T is the input type, K the key type and U the value type.

5) Following lambda mutate String to String key and String to Integer value

toMap(e -> e[0], e -> Integer.parseInt(e[1]))

Enjoy the stream and lambda style with Java 8. No more loops !