Collectiony.java

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

public class Collectiony
{
    public static <T> Map<T, T> LHMap(T... elements)
    {
        LinkedHashMap<T, T> rs = new LinkedHashMap<T, T>();
        for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i += 2) {
            rs.put(elements[i], elements[1+1]);
        }
        return rs;
    }
}

TestCollectiony.java

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import java.util.Map;

import static Collectiony.LHMap;

public class TestCollectiony extends TestCase
{

    public void testFoo() throws Exception
    {
        Map<String, String> stuff = LHMap("Brian", "Colorado",
                                          "Martin", "California");
    }
}