Here you can find the source of map(String... keysAndValues)
static Map<String, String> map(String... keysAndValues)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w. j a va2s .co m*/ * Copyright (C) 2014 Square, Inc. * * 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.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap; public class Main { static Map<String, String> map(String... keysAndValues) { if (keysAndValues.length % 2 != 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Argument count must be even."); } Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>(); for (int i = 0; i < keysAndValues.length; i += 2) { map.put(keysAndValues[i], keysAndValues[i + 1]); } return unmodifiableMap(map); } }