Populating a HashMap with entries from a properties file

Question

I want to populate a HashMap using the Properties class.
I want to load the entries in the .propeties file and then copy it into

Answer 1

Java 8 Style:

Properties properties = new Properties();
// add  some properties  here
Map map = new HashMap();

map.putAll(properties.entrySet()
                     .stream()
                     .collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e.getKey().toString(), 
                                               e -> e.getValue().toString())));