Question

I have an array of strings. How would you convert it into Map(String, Object). I need to convert it to a data object.

Answer 1

The use of Map is equivalent to an associative array. If we applied your case to this, you would end up with each String pointing to another Object.

If this is what you want, this would work:

String[] strs = new String[]; //Your string array, initialized elsewhere
Object[] os = new Object[];   //The objects that you want mapped.
Map<String, Object> m = new HashMap<String, Object>(); // I use HashMap because it is the most generic

for(int i = 0; i < strs.length; i++) {
  m.put(strs[i], os[i]); //Add each object, os[i], to the map at position str[i]
}

If you just want the String[] to become a resizable array, you can use this:

List<String> a = Arrays.asList(strs);