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Problem adding in ArrayList

 
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Hi Gurus,
Came across a small problem. Can anybody explain whats going on?
Here is my code:
void testList(){
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
MyBean bean = new MyBean();

for(int i=0; i<10; i++){
bean.setXXXX(Integer.toString(i));
list.add(bean);
}
for(int i=0; i<list.size(); i++){
MyBean ref = (MyBean)list.get(i);
System.out.println("List value = "+ ref.getXXXX());
}
}
My problem is whenever i invoke the testList() method always the answer is 9. Should it not be 0,1,2,...9
 
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You need to move the MyBean declaration inside the first forloop.



Otherwise, you are setting the value of the same object each time and you need to be setting the value of a new object each time.
 
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Hello,
Doesn't this mean you are unnecessarily creating 10 new instance of MyBean. Everytime you do a new MyBean() it will take lot of resources. What will happen if there are a couple of thousand iterations of the first for loop?

Thanks,
Martin
 
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I suspect you'd benefit from reading this and this. If you read and understand these, I think you'd understand what's happening in your code, and be able to decide for yourself what to do here.
 
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