Question

Here is my problem:

I have list of possible Product categories(for example: Shoes,Mode,Women), and I need to convert this to my specific names.

example: I get the category Women and I need to convert this to Lady's.

I have about 40 category names that i need to convert.

My question is :What is the best way to do this in JAVA.

I thought about switch case, but i dont know is this a good solution.

switch (oldCategoryName) {
    case "Women":
        return "Ladys";
    default:
        return "Default";
}

Answer 1

Note that the java switch does not work on String objects for java versions below 7.

You can store values in a map :

// storing
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("Women", "Ladys");
// add other values

// retrieving
String ladys = map.get("Women");

Or you can also use a .properties file to store all those associations, and retrieve a property object.

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(new File("mapping.properties"));
Properties props = new Properties();
props.load(in);
in.close();
String ladys = props.getProperty("Women");