How to directly initialize a HashMap (in a literal way)?

Question

Is there some way of initializing a Java HashMap like this?:

Map test = 
    new HashMap{\"test\":\"test\",\"test\         


        

Answer 1

This is one way.

Map<String, String> h = new HashMap<String, String>() {{
    put("a","b");
}};

However, you should be careful and make sure that you understand the above code (it creates a new class that inherits from HashMap). Therefore, you should read more here: http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?DoubleBraceInitialization , or simply use Guava:

Map<String, Integer> left = ImmutableMap.of("a", 1, "b", 2, "c", 3);

ImmutableMap.of works for up to 5 entries. Otherwise, use the builder: source.

Answer 2

With Java 8 or less

You can use static block to initialize a map with some values. Example :

public static Map<String,String> test = new HashMap<String, String>

static {
    test.put("test","test");
    test.put("test1","test");
}

With Java 9 or more

You can use Map.of() method to initialize a map with some values while declaring. Example :

public static Map<String,String> test = Map.of("test","test","test1","test");