Here you can find the source of toMap(Object... args)
public static Map<String, Object> toMap(Object... args)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww .j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * ? Copyright Tek Counsel LLC 2013 * * 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.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static Map<String, Object> toMap(Object... args) { Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>(); int cntr = 0; String name = null; for (Object o : args) { if (cntr % 2 == 0) { name = (String) o; } else { map.put(name, o); } cntr++; } return map; } }