Java - Convert a ResultSet to a List of Maps, where each Map is a row of data

ResultSet to List

/**
 * Convert the ResultSet to a List of Maps, where each Map represents a row with columnNames and columValues
 * @param rs
 * @return
 * @throws SQLException
 */
private List<Map<String, Object>> resultSetToList(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
    ResultSetMetaData md = rs.getMetaData();
    int columns = md.getColumnCount();
    List<Map<String, Object>> rows = new ArrayList<Map<String, Object>>();
    while (rs.next()){
        Map<String, Object> row = new HashMap<String, Object>(columns);
        for(int i = 1; i <= columns; ++i){
            row.put(md.getColumnName(i), rs.getObject(i));
        }
        rows.add(row);
    }
    return rows;
}