I want to be able to convert a List
to a HashMap
where the key is the elementName
and the values is a list of something random (in this case its the Element Name). So in short I want (A->List(A), B->List(B), C-> List(C)
). I tried using toMap()
and passing it the keyMapper
and ValueMapper
but I get a compilation error. I would really appreciate if someone can help me out.
Thanks!
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
List<String> list = Arrays.asList("A","B","C","D");
Map<String, List<String>> map = list.stream().map((element)->{
Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(element, Arrays.asList(element));
return map;
}).collect(??);
}
Function<Map<String, String>, String> key = (map) -> {
return map.keySet().stream().findFirst().get();
};
Function<Map<String, String>, String> value = (map) -> {
return map.values().stream().findFirst().get();
};
=== This worked for me
Thanks for all the help guys! @izstas "they should operate on the elements" helped a lot :). Actually this is what I was looking for to be exact
public static void test2 (){
Function<Entry<String, List<String>>, String> key = (entry) -> {
return entry.getKey();
};
Function<Entry<String, List<String>>, List<String>> value = (entry) -> {
return new ArrayList<String>(entry.getValue());
};
BinaryOperator<List<String>> merge = (old, latest)->{
old.addAll(latest);
return old;
};
Map<String, List<String>> map1 = new HashMap<>();
map1.put("A", Arrays.asList("A1", "A2"));
map1.put("B", Arrays.asList("B1"));
map1.put("D", Arrays.asList("D1"));
Map<String, List<String>> map2 = new HashMap<>();
map2.put("C", Arrays.asList("C1","C2"));
map2.put("D", Arrays.asList("D2"));
Stream<Map<String, List<String>>> stream =Stream.of(map1, map2);
System.out.println(stream.flatMap((map)->{
return map.entrySet().stream();
}).collect(Collectors.toMap(key, value, merge)));
}
Array List can be converted into HashMap, but the HashMap does not maintain the order of ArrayList. To maintain the order, we can use LinkedHashMap which is the implementation of HashMap.
Yes you can have ArrayList s as a keys in a hash map, but it is a very bad idea since they are mutable. If you change the ArrayList in any way (or any of its elements), the mapping will basically be lost, since the key won't have the same hashCode as it had when it was inserted.
HashMap and List in Java. Java provides us with different data structures with various properties and characteristics to store objects. Among those, HashMap is a collection of key-value pairs that maps a unique key to a value. Also, a List holds a sequence of objects of the same type.
You can use the groupingBy
method to manage aggregation, for example:
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> list = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D", "A");
Map<String, List<String>> map = list.stream().collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Function.identity()));
}
If you want more flexibility (for example to map the value and return a Set instead of a List) you can always use the groupingBy
method with more parameters as specified in javadoc:
Map<City, Set<String>> namesByCity = people.stream().collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Person::getCity, mapping(Person::getLastName, toSet())));
Functions key
and value
you have defined in your code are not correct because they should operate on the elements of your list, and your elements are not Map
s.
The following code works for me:
List<String> list = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D");
Map<String, List<String>> map = list.stream()
.collect(Collectors.toMap(Function.identity(), Arrays::asList));
First argument to Collectors.toMap
defines how to make a key from the list element (leaving it as is), second argument defines how to make a value (making an ArrayList
with a single element).
Thanks for all the help guys! @izstas "they should operate on the elements" helped a lot :). Actually this is what I was looking for to be exact
public static void test2 (){
Function<Entry<String, List<String>>, String> key = (entry) -> {
return entry.getKey();
};
Function<Entry<String, List<String>>, List<String>> value = (entry) -> {
return new ArrayList<String>(entry.getValue());
};
BinaryOperator<List<String>> merge = (old, latest)->{
old.addAll(latest);
return old;
};
Map<String, List<String>> map1 = new HashMap<>();
map1.put("A", Arrays.asList("A1", "A2"));
map1.put("B", Arrays.asList("B1"));
map1.put("D", Arrays.asList("D1"));
Map<String, List<String>> map2 = new HashMap<>();
map2.put("C", Arrays.asList("C1","C2"));
map2.put("D", Arrays.asList("D2"));
Stream<Map<String, List<String>>> stream =Stream.of(map1, map2);
System.out.println(stream.flatMap((map)->{
return map.entrySet().stream();
}).collect(Collectors.toMap(key, value, merge)));
}
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