Map interface present in java.util package represents a mapping between a key and a value. The Map interface is not a subtype of the Collection interface. Therefore, it behaves a bit differently from the rest of the collection types. A map contains unique keys.
There are three main types of maps in java
These interfaces extend the Map interface.
There are various ways to convert one map to another:
- Using iterator/a loop
- Using constructor
- Using putAll() method
Method 1: Using iterator/a loop
Iterate each element of the map (LinkedHashMap in this case) and add each one of them in the new HashMap.
Java
// Java program for creating HashMap from Other Mapsimport java.util.*;public class to_hashmap { public static void main(String a[]) { // create an instance of LinkedHashMap LinkedHashMap<String, String> lhm = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>(); // Add mappings using put method lhm.put("Apurva", "Bhatt"); lhm.put("James", "Bond"); lhm.put("Scarlett ", "Johansson"); // It prints the elements in same order // as they were inserted System.out.println(lhm); Map<String, String> gfg = new HashMap<String, String>(); // Using entrySet() method create a set out of the same elements // contained in the hash map for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : lhm.entrySet()) gfg.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()); System.out.println(gfg); }} |
{Apurva=Bhatt, James=Bond, Scarlett =Johansson}
{James=Bond, Apurva=Bhatt, Scarlett =Johansson}
Method 2: Using constructor
Pass the given Map (TreeMap in this case) to the HashMap constructor–it will automatically take care of converting the given Map to HashMap.
Java
// Java program for creating HashMap from Other Maps// using constructorimport java.util.*;public class to_hashmap { public static void main(String a[]) { // create an instance of TreeMap Map<String, String> tm = new TreeMap<String, String>(); // Add mappings using put method tm.put("Apurva", "Bhatt"); tm.put("James", "Bond"); tm.put("Scarlett ", "Johansson"); // It prints the elements in same order // as they were inserted System.out.println(tm); Map<String, String> gfg = new HashMap<String, String>(tm); System.out.println(gfg); }} |
{Apurva=Bhatt, James=Bond, Scarlett =Johansson}
{Apurva=Bhatt, James=Bond, Scarlett =Johansson}
Method 3: Using putAll() method
It is similar to the previous method, rather than passing the given Map to HashMap constructor, pass it to the putAll() method and it will automatically convert it to the HashMap.
Java
// Java program for creating HashMap from Other Maps// using putAll() methodimport java.util.*;public class two_hashmap { public static void main(String a[]) { // create an instance of TreeMap Map<String, String> tm = new TreeMap<String, String>(); // Add mappings using put method tm.put("Apurva", "Bhatt"); tm.put("James", "Bond"); tm.put("Scarlett ", "Johansson"); // It prints the elements in same order // as they were inserted System.out.println(tm); Map<String, String> gfg = new HashMap<String, String>(); // using put all command gfg.putAll(tm); System.out.println(gfg); }} |
{Apurva=Bhatt, James=Bond, Scarlett =Johansson}
{Apurva=Bhatt, James=Bond, Scarlett =Johansson}
