From 6cadb7c9024b0b9550a187b437eae1bf034a714f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mo Helmy <135069400+BenHelmyBen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 13:12:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] This commit related to the article BAEL-6877 (#14676)

This commit aims to add a new test class to convert a HashMap string into a HashMap object using toString().
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 .../baeldung/map/UsingtoStringUnitTest.java   | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps/src/test/java/com/baeldung/map/UsingtoStringUnitTest.java

diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps/src/test/java/com/baeldung/map/UsingtoStringUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps/src/test/java/com/baeldung/map/UsingtoStringUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class UsingtoStringUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void given_HashMapString_whenUsingtoString_thenConvertToHashMapObject() {
+        // Example string representation of a HashMap
+        String hashMapString = "{key1=value1, key2=value2, key3=value3}";
+
+        // Remove unnecessary characters
+        String keyValuePairs = hashMapString.replaceAll("[{}\\s]", "");
+
+        // Split into individual key-value pairs
+        String[] pairs = keyValuePairs.split(",");
+
+        // Create a new HashMap
+        HashMap<String, String> expectedHashMap = new HashMap<>();
+        expectedHashMap.put("key1", "value1");
+        expectedHashMap.put("key2", "value2");
+        expectedHashMap.put("key3", "value3");
+
+        HashMap<String, String> actualHashMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        // Parse and populate the HashMap
+        for (String pair : pairs) {
+            String[] keyValue = pair.split("=");
+            if (keyValue.length == 2) {
+                actualHashMap.put(keyValue[0], keyValue[1]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Assert that the converted HashMap matches the expected one
+        assertEquals(expectedHashMap, actualHashMap);
+    }
+
+}