Java: Composite key in hashmaps

Question

I would like to store a group of objects in a hashmap , where the key shall be a composite of two string values. is there a way to achieve this?

i can simply concate

Answer 1

public static String fakeMapKey(final String... arrayKey) {
    String[] keys = arrayKey;

    if (keys == null || keys.length == 0)
        return null;

    if (keys.length == 1)
        return keys[0];

    String key = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++)
        key += "{" + i + "}" + (i == keys.length - 1 ? "" : "{" + keys.length + "}");

    keys = Arrays.copyOf(keys, keys.length + 1);

    keys[keys.length - 1] = FAKE_KEY_SEPARATOR;

    return  MessageFormat.format(key, (Object[]) keys);}

public static string FAKE_KEY_SEPARATOR = "~";


INPUT:
fakeMapKey("keyPart1","keyPart2","keyPart3");


OUTPUT: keyPart1~keyPart2~keyPart3