Java8: Create HashMap with character count of a String

Question

Wondering is there more simple way than computing the character count of a given string as below?

String word = \"AAABBB\";
    Map ch         


        

Answer 1

     String str = "Hello Manash";
    Map hm = str.chars().mapToObj(c-> 
    (char)c).collect(Collectors.groupingBy(c->c,Collectors.counting()));
    System.out.println(hm);