/*license*\ XBN-Java Library Copyright (c) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.util.non_xbn; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; /** <p>Demonstrates a map with multiple values per key: {@code Map<Integer<List<String>>>}.</p> <p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.util.non_xbn.MultiValueHashMap}</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class MultiValueHashMap { public static final void main(String[] ignored) { Map<Integer,List<String>> mapOfIntStrs = new HashMap<Integer,List<String>>(); //Add elements addStringToMap(mapOfIntStrs, 1, "one"); addStringToMap(mapOfIntStrs, 1, "two"); addStringToMap(mapOfIntStrs, 1, "three"); addStringToMap(mapOfIntStrs, 2, "four"); addStringToMap(mapOfIntStrs, 2, "five"); //Output Set<Integer> keyNumSet = mapOfIntStrs.keySet(); Iterator<Integer> keyNumItr = keyNumSet.iterator(); while(keyNumItr.hasNext()) { Integer keyNum = keyNumItr.next(); List<String> strList = mapOfIntStrs.get(keyNum); System.out.println(keyNum); for(String s : strList) { System.out.println(" " + s); } } } private static final void addStringToMap(Map<Integer,List<String>> mapTo_addTo, int keyNum, String value) { if(mapTo_addTo.containsKey(keyNum)) { mapTo_addTo.get(keyNum).add(value); } else { List<String> strList = new ArrayList<String>(); strList.add(value); mapTo_addTo.put(keyNum, strList); } } }