Java code is equivalent to the following PHP code

The following PHP syntax may be Java equivalent:

$newPerson = array(
        'firstname'  => 'First','lastname'   => 'Last','email'      => 'test@example.com',);

I think here firstname is the index of the array and first is the value of the index How to define such an array in Java?

Solution

Map<String,String> newPerson = new HashMap<String,String>()

Map<String,String> newPerson = new HashMap<String,String>()
{{
    put("firstname","First");
    put("lastname","Last");
    put("email","test@example.com");
}};