Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: LGPL import java.util.*; public class Main { public static Map<String, String> toMapOfStrings(final String[] tokens) { final Map<String, String> result = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>(); if (null != tokens) { for (String token : tokens) { final String[] items = token.split("="); final String key; final String value; if (items.length == 1) { key = items[0].trim(); value = ""; } else if (items.length == 2) { key = items[0].trim(); value = items[1].trim(); } else { continue; } result.put(key, value); } } return result; } }