Append ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> to another ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>

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I am using ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> to store my cart items. Each time item is added to cart, item details are set to ArrayList and then calls setCart() method.

I want if items in ArrayList already exist then by calling setCart() it does not overwrite previous cart items.Instead it appends the ArrayList to the end of already existing ArrayList. I used ArrayList.add() method but it works only for HashMap<String,String> not working for ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>

public class AddtoCart extends Application {
  ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> cart;

  public void setCart(ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> data) {
    cart = data;
  }

  public ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> getCart() {
    return cart;
  }

  public int getSize() {
    return cart.size();
  }
}

Method called on addtocart button which is setting ArrayList in AddtoCart

private OnClickListener Cart = new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        cart = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
        HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
            map.put(TAG_PID, pid);
            map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
            map.put(TAG_CATEGORY, category);
            map.put(TAG_PRICE, price);
            map.put(TAG_IMAGE,String.valueOf(resId));
            cart.add(map);

            AddtoCart obj = (AddtoCart) getApplicationContext();
            obj.setCart(cart);

        Intent a = new Intent("com.example.pb.VIEWCART");
        startActivity(a);
    }
};

}

when you want to update an arraylist you can use .set and give the index you want to update and the new Object — Joh
– Joh, Commented Feb 25, 2016 at 14:41

Harisudan Kuppusami · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-25 14:47:33Z

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I have suggestion for you.
We have to design the CartItem class instead of HashMap to enable the future changes easier. If you want to add any new tag related attributes at later stage, we can add these properties to CartItem class. It will help to achieve modular objects in you code.
Example:

public class CartItems
{

    int tagPid;
    String tagCategoy;
    int price
    String tagImage;

    // getters and setters methods of above attributes
}

public class AddtoCart extends Application {
ArrayList<CartItems> cart;

//remaining code
}

answered Feb 25, 2016 at 14:47

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Rohit5k2 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-25 14:41:59Z

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Update your method like this

public void setCart(ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> data) {
    if(cart != null && cart.size() > 0)
        cart.addAll(data);
    else
        cart = data;
}

Or if you declare your ArrayList like this

ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> cart = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();

You can remove the if-else condition and just do cart.addAll(data);

edited Feb 25, 2016 at 14:41

answered Feb 25, 2016 at 14:36

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Andy Turner Over a year ago

The first case doesn't work unless the variable is initialized - it'd give a NPE.

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