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On 10/15/2011 6:14 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> What is your preferred way of building a HashMap when all the values
> are known at compile time?


EnumMap is one possibility.

But I think the answer depends on how many values, how you intend to use 
them, efficiency concerns, how the values are "known," etc.

In other words, it depends on requirements.