How to convert a string to a HashMap? [duplicate]

Question

I have a Java Property file and there is a KEY as ORDER. So I retrieve the VALUE of that KEY using the getProperty() method after loading the property file like below.:

String s = prop.getProperty("ORDER"); 

then

s ="SALES:0,SALE_PRODUCTS:1,EXPENSES:2,EXPENSES_ITEMS:3"; 

I need to create a HashMap from above string. SALES,SALE_PRODUCTS,EXPENSES,EXPENSES_ITEMS should be KEY of HashMap and 0,1,2,3, should be VALUEs of KEYs.

If it's hard corded, it seems like below:

Map<String, Integer> myMap  = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); myMap.put("SALES", 0); myMap.put("SALE_PRODUCTS", 1); myMap.put("EXPENSES", 2); myMap.put("EXPENSES_ITEMS", 3); 

Answer 1

You can do that with Guava's Splitter.MapSplitter:

Map<String, String> properties = Splitter.on(",")     .withKeyValueSeparator(":")     .split(inputString);