Question

The data in hashtable is getting overridden for the same key.I am trying to add ‘n’ number of data against a same key at different intervals,the data added to hashtable peviously is getting overridden,how to solve this issue?

if (value == RepeatRule.DAILY) {

                            setHashRepeatData(repDates, eventBean,
                                    listRepeatEvents);

                        }
                        if (value == RepeatRule.WEEKLY) {

                            setHashRepeatData(repDates, eventBean,
                                    listWeekEvents);
                        }

private void setHashRepeatData(Vector repDates, EventData eventBean,
            Vector listOfRepeatData) {

        if (repDates != null) {
            System.out.println("the size of repDates is :" + repDates.size());
            System.out.println("summ" + eventBean.getSummary());
            listOfRepeatData.addElement(eventBean);
            for (int i = 0; i < repDates.size(); i++) {
                String currentRepDate = (String) repDates.elementAt(i);
                System.out.println("currentRepDate" + currentRepDate);

                listUserEvents.put(currentRepDate, listOfRepeatData);

            }
        }

    }

I am calling the above method at different intervals and trying to set the data for same key.I am not getting how to solve the issue.

Answer 1

This would be a sample implementation of what you want to achieve, if you do it yourself:

// I took a set because I wanted have the inputs sorted
HashMap<String, Set<String>> var = new HashMap<String, Set<String>>();

String key= "key";
String value = "value";

if(var.containsKey(key)){
// the set is already there we can proceed to add the value
} else {
    //first time you have to create the List
    var.put(key, new TreeSet<String>());
}
var.get(key).add(value);

You will have to modify it accordingly to your case like:

HashMap<String, Vector<String>> var = new HashMap<String, Vector<String>>();

String key= "key";
String value = "value";

if(var.containsKey(key)){
// the set is already there we can proceed to add the value
} else {
    //first time you have to create the List
    var.put(key, new Vector<String>());
}
var.get(key).addElement(value);