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Java 8 Convert List to Map :- In this tutorial, we will learn to convert list to map using Stream API.

Note :- To keep this tutorial short and concise, Employee Bean used in the example is not given here, you can check it here.

Problem Statement :-

Given a list of Employee object convert it to the map, containing employee id as a Key and employee designation as a Value.

Let’s see the implementation of above problem in java 7 and in java 8.

Java 7 :-  To implement this, iterate through the list of Employee object and add employee id as a Key and employee designation as a Value to the map.

  public static void main(String[] args){
 
    List<Employee> empList = new ArrayList<Employee>();
    empList.add(new Employee(1,"Robert","Manager"));
    empList.add(new Employee(2,"Martin","General Manager"));
    empList.add(new Employee(3,"Jack","Manager")); 
 
    Map<Long,String> map = new HashMap<Long,String>(); 
    for(Employee emp : empList){
      map.put(emp.getEmpId(),emp.getDesignation());
    }
 
    Entry<Long,String> entry = null;
    Set<Entry<Long,String>> set = map.entrySet();
    Iterator<Entry<Long,String>> iterate = set.iterator();
    while(iterate.hasNext()){
      entry = iterate.next();
      System.out.println("Key : "+entry.getKey() + " , Value : "+entry.getValue());
    } 
  }

Java 8 :- To implement this, we will use Collectors.toMap() method of Stream API.

  public static void main(String[] args){
 
    List<Employee> empList = new ArrayList<Employee>();
    empList.add(new Employee(1,"Robert","Manager"));
    empList.add(new Employee(2,"Martin","General Manager"));
    empList.add(new Employee(3,"Jack","Manager")); 
 
    Map<Long,String> map = empList.stream()
                           .collect(Collectors.toMap(Employee::getEmpId,Employee::getDesignation));
    map.forEach((k,v) -> System.out.println("Key : "+ k + " , Value : "+ v )); 
  }

Result :- 

Key : 1 , Value : Manager
Key : 2 , Value : General Manager
Key : 3 , Value : Manager

Reference :-  Collectors JavaDocs 

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