initializing a Guava ImmutableMap

Question

Guava offers a nice shortcut for initializing a map. However I get the following compiler error (Eclipse Indigo) when my map initializes to nine entries.

The metho

Answer 1

if the map is short you can do:

ImmutableMap.of(key, value, key2, value2); // ...up to five k-v pairs

If it is longer then:

ImmutableMap.builder()
   .put(key, value)
   .put(key2, value2)
   // ...
   .build();