java - Understand two or more keys with Hashmaps -

i having issue hashmap. in hashmap method want have 2 or more keywords key, oppose having one. example want user input sentence containing 2 or more keywords assuming "professor name" keyword. example

    string[] temp3 = { "instructor","teacher","mentor" };     responses.put("professor name", temp3); 

and user enters "what professor name" code hangs. on other hand, if

  string[] temp3 = { "instructor","teacher","mentor" };     responses.put("professor", temp3); 

the code works. want able enter sentence containing 2 or more keywords oppose one. appreciate sort of assistance.

here hashmap method

  private static hashmap<string, string[]> populatesynonymmap() {      string[] temp1 = { "instructor","teacher","mentor" };     responses.put("professor name", temp1);     string[] temp2 = { "amount of test","test load","quantity of test" };      return responses; } 

and here main method

    public static void main(string args[]) throws parseexception, ioexception {     /* initialization */     hashmap<string, string[]> synonymmap = new hashmap<string, string[]>();     synonymmap = populatesynonymmap(); // populate map       scanner scanner = new scanner(system.in);     string input = null;    /*end initialization*/     system.out.println("welcome database ");     system.out.println("what know?");      system.out.print("> ");     input = scanner.nextline().tolowercase();     string[] inputs = input.split(" ");       (string ing : inputs) { // iterate on each word of sentence.         boolean found = false;         (map.entry<string, string[]> entry : synonymmap.entryset()) {             string key = entry.getkey();             string[] value = entry.getvalue();             if (key.equals(ing) || arrays.aslist(value).contains(ing)) {                  found = true;                 parsefile(entry.getkey());``             }           break;      }                 if (found) {             break;         }       } } 

assuming parsefile method works

i use string contains method check multiple words. solve problem of checking single word 'professor' or multiple words 'what professor name' problem.

    system.out.print("> ");     input = scanner.nextline().tolowercase();      (map.entry<string, string[]> entry : synonymmap.entryset()) {         string key = entry.getkey();         string[] value = entry.getvalue();         if (input.contains(key) || key.contains(input)) {             system.out.println("input found in database -> " +arrays.aslist(value));             break;         }     } 

now make work single word or multiple word. works when words entered in same order. can make elaborate like.

for example may extend separate words of input , output sentence sets , find how many words matches etc.and recommend use different data structure makes task natural looking. may think having database organized words , synonyms relation don't have worry cases value 1 synonym list has other synonym etc. , lookup can based on words.