Pretty-print a Map in Java

Question

I am looking for a nice way to pretty-print a Map.

map.toString() gives me: {key1=value1, key2=value2, key3=value3}

I

Answer 1

I guess something like this would be cleaner, and provide you with more flexibility with the output format (simply change template):

    String template = "%s=\"%s\",";
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (Entry e : map.entrySet()) {
        sb.append(String.format(template, e.getKey(), e.getValue()));
    }
    if (sb.length() > 0) {
        sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1); // Ugly way to remove the last comma
    }
    return sb.toString();

I know having to remove the last comma is ugly, but I think it's cleaner than alternatives like the one in this solution or manually using an iterator.