how to convert HashMultiset<String> to Map<String,Integer>

Question

Is there some trick to convert HashMultiset<String> to Map<String,Integer>, except from iterating all the entries in the Set?
Update: The Integer should represent the count of String in the multiset.

Answer 1

Updated to java 8, here is what I found as the best answer (based on other answers):

public static <E> Map<E, Integer> convert(Multiset<E> multiset) {
    return multiset.entrySet().stream().collect(
        Collectors.toMap(x->x.getElement(),x->x.getCount()));
}

or:

public static <E> Map<E, Integer> convert(Multiset<E> multiset) {
    return multiset.entrySet().stream().collect(
        Collectors.toMap(Entry::getElement,Entry::getCount));
}