initializing a hashmap from string

suppose I have a hashmap and I called the toString method and store the result in String str;Is there a way where I can initialize another Hashmap from the String str?In other words, I am looking form something like this HashMap(String str);
[276 byte] By [jrxxman] at [2007-9-26 2:20:55]
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No. At best the toString() of a Hashmap will contain mangled representations of the Objects inside it, and only if you are lucky. Perhaps you could post your first question, the one to which this idea was the answer?
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