convert java.util.Map[String, Object] to scala.collection.immutable.Map[String, Any]

Question

How do I convert java.util.Map[String, Object] to scala.collection.immutable.Map[String, Any], so that all values in the original map (integers, booleans etc.) are converted

Answer 1

In order to convert convert java.util.Map[String, Object] to scala.collection.immutable.Map[String,Object] , you need to simple import below statement in Scala Project and clean build.

import collection.JavaConversions._

Refer to below code:

var empMap= Map[String.Object]()
var emp= new Employee(empMap)  // Employee is java  POJO in which,passing scala map  to overloaded constructor for setting default values.