Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2008-2016 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" }) public static <K, V> Map newMap(Object... keysAndValues) { if (keysAndValues == null) { return Collections.emptyMap(); } if (keysAndValues.length % 2 == 1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must have an even number of keys and values"); } Map<K, V> map = new HashMap<>(); for (int i = 0; i < keysAndValues.length; i += 2) { map.put((K) keysAndValues[i], (V) keysAndValues[i + 1]); } return map; } }