Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static void writeStringStringMap(Map<String, String> map, OutputStream os) throws IOException { if (map != null) { writeInt(os, map.size()); for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) { writeString(os, entry.getKey()); writeString(os, entry.getValue()); } } else { writeInt(os, 0); } } public static void writeInt(OutputStream os, int n) throws IOException { os.write((n >> 0) & 0xff); os.write((n >> 8) & 0xff); os.write((n >> 16) & 0xff); os.write((n >> 24) & 0xff); } public static void writeString(OutputStream os, String s) throws IOException { byte[] b = s.getBytes("UTF-8"); writeLong(os, b.length); os.write(b, 0, b.length); } public static void writeLong(OutputStream os, long n) throws IOException { os.write((byte) (n >>> 0)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 8)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 16)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 24)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 32)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 40)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 48)); os.write((byte) (n >>> 56)); } }