Question

I’m just starting to learn to use HashMap and reading the java tutorial, but I’m having trouble.

I’m trying to update the List inside a HashMap but I want to get the List of that key, is there a way to update a specific List of the key instead of having to make…5 different Lists and updating those?

 HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> mMap = new HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>>();
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        mMap.put("A", list);
        mMap.put("B", list);
        mMap.put("C", list);
        mMap.put("D", list);

        Iterator iter = mMap.entrySet().iterator();

        if (mMap.containsKey("A"))
        {   
            Map.Entry mEntry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();
            list.add("test");
            mMap.put("A",list);
            System.out.println(mEntry.getKey() + " : " + mEntry.getValue());
        }
        else if (mMap.containsKey("B"))
        {   
            Map.Entry mEntry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();
            list.add("entry");
            mMap.put("B",list);
            System.out.println(mEntry.getKey() + " : " + mEntry.getValue());
        }

Answer 1

You could use something like:

mMap.get("A").add("test");
mMap.get("B").add("entry");