C# to Java - Dictionaries?

Question

Is it possible in Java to make a Dictionary with the items already declared inside it? Just like the below C# code:

   Dictionary d = new          


        

Answer 1

Java7 almost introduced "collection literals" that would allow syntax like that. They'll probably try to shove it in Java8. I have no idea what is wrong with these people.

This can be easily achieved by some kind of wrapper API

Map map = Maps.empty()
    .put("cat", 2).put("dog",1)....; 

Not too bad. I would prefer something like

map("cat", "dog", ... )
.to(  1,     2,   ... );

This kind of thing must have been implemented by various people, unfortunately the standard API doesn't inculde such things.