Here you can find the source of load(final Multimap
public static void load(final Multimap<String, String> map, final Reader source) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /**// www .j a v a 2 s .c o m * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Sonatype, Inc. All rights reserved. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.Reader; import java.io.StringReader; import com.google.common.collect.Multimap; public class Main { public static void load(final Multimap<String, String> map, final Reader source) throws IOException { assert map != null; assert source != null; BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(source); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { String[] items = line.split("=", 2); String key = items[0].trim(); String value = null; if (items.length == 2) { value = items[1].trim(); } map.put(key, value); } } public static void load(final Multimap<String, String> map, final String source) { assert map != null; if (source == null || source.trim().length() == 0) { return; } try { load(map, new StringReader(source)); } catch (IOException e) { // should never happen } } }