How do I define a HashMap supporting both String
and &str
in its key and content? I tried the following:
fn mapping<T: Into<String>>() -> HashMap<T, T> {
let mut map: HashMap<T, T> = HashMap::new();
map.insert("first_name", "MyFirstName");
map.insert("last_name".to_string(), "MyLastName".to_string());
map
}
fn main() {
let mut mapping = mapping();
}
But it doesn't compile, saying:
error[E0599]: no method named `insert` found for type `std::collections::HashMap<T, T>` in the current scope
error[E0277]: the trait bound `T: std::cmp::Eq` is not satisfied
error[E0277]: the trait bound `T: std::hash::Hash` is not satisfied
The built-in way to abstract over whether data is borrowed or owned is Cow
.
use std::borrow::Cow;
use std::collections::HashMap;
fn mapping() -> HashMap<Cow<'static, str>, Cow<'static, str>> {
let mut map = HashMap::new();
map.insert("first_name".into(), "MyFirstName".into());
map.insert("last_name".to_string().into(), "MyLastName".to_string().into());
map
}
Both &str
and String
can be converted to a Cow<str>
using .into()
.