Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { public static Map<String, String> toMap(String properties) { try { InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(properties.getBytes("UTF-8")); Properties prop = new Properties(); prop.load(is); Map<String, String> ret = new HashMap<String, String>(); for (String key : prop.stringPropertyNames()) { ret.put(key, prop.getProperty(key)); } return ret; } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }