Java read txt file to hashmap, split by “:”

Question

I have a txt file with the form:

Key:value
Key:value
Key:value
...

I want to put all the keys with their value in a hashMap that I\'ve crea

Answer 1

The below will work in java 8.

The .filter(s -> s.matches("^\\w+:\\w+$")) will mean it only attempts to work on line in the file which are two strings separated by :, obviously fidling with this regex will change what it will allow through.

The .collect(Collectors.toMap(k -> k.split(":")[0], v -> v.split(":")[1])) will work on any lines which match the previous filter, split them on : then use the first part of that split as the key in a map entry, then the second part of that split as the value in the map entry.

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class Foo {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        String filePath = "src/main/resources/somefile.txt";

        Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(filePath);
        Map mapFromFile = Files.lines(path)
            .filter(s -> s.matches("^\\w+:\\w+"))
            .collect(Collectors.toMap(k -> k.split(":")[0], v -> v.split(":")[1]));
    }
}