Map to String Conversion

Map<Integer, String> wordsByKey = new HashMap<>();
wordsByKey.put(1, "one");
wordsByKey.put(2, "two");
wordsByKey.put(3, "three");
wordsByKey.put(4, "four");


public String convertWithIteration(Map<Integer, ?> map) {
    StringBuilder mapAsString = new StringBuilder("{");
    for (Integer key : map.keySet()) {
        mapAsString.append(key + "=" + map.get(key) + ", ");
    }
    mapAsString.delete(mapAsString.length()-2, mapAsString.length()).append("}");
    return mapAsString.toString();
}

@Test
public void givenMap_WhenUsingIteration_ThenResultingStringIsCorrect() {
    String mapAsString = MapToString.convertWithIteration(wordsByKey);
    Assert.assertEquals("{1=one, 2=two, 3=three, 4=four}", mapAsString);
}

public String convertWithStream(Map<Integer, ?> map) {
    String mapAsString = map.keySet().stream()
      .map(key -> key + "=" + map.get(key))
      .collect(Collectors.joining(", ", "{", "}"));
    return mapAsString;
}

import org.apache.commons.lang3.*;

public String convertWithApache(Map map) {
    return StringUtils.join(map);
}

public Map<String, String> convertWithStream(String mapAsString) {
    Map<String, String> map = Arrays.stream(mapAsString.split(","))
      .map(entry -> entry.split("="))
      .collect(Collectors.toMap(entry -> entry[0], entry -> entry[1]));
    return map;
}