A pretty, but expensive way to create maps

MapLiteral.java

import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

// A pretty, but expensive way to create maps
public class MapLiteral {

	public static <K,V> Map.Entry<K, V> e(K key, V value) {
		return new SimpleEntry<K,V>(key, value);
	}
	
	@SafeVarargs
	public static <K,V> Map<K,V> hashMap(Map.Entry<K,V>... entries) {
		Map<K,V> map = new HashMap<K,V>();
		for (Map.Entry<K, V> e : entries) {
			map.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
		}
		return map;
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Map<String,Integer> m = hashMap(
				e("A", 3), 
				e("B", 2),
				e("C", 1)
		);

		System.out.println(m);
	}
}