package com.zetcode; import java.util.Map; import static java.util.Map.entry; // factory initialization methods since Java 9 public class HashMapInit { public static void main(String[] args) { // up to 10 elements: Map colours = Map.of( 1, "red", 2, "blue", 3, "brown" ); System.out.println(colours); // any number of elements Map countries = Map.ofEntries( entry("de", "Germany"), entry("sk", "Slovakia"), entry("ru", "Russia") ); System.out.println(countries); } }