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JSTL EL: Loop though HashMap with two ArrayLists<String>

 
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Hello all.

I've successfully written my FileIO API and ive tested in a prototype servlet. Now I need to implement it into my project.

In my JSP i have the following code:



But its giving me unexpected results. Like say if I want to display the contents of C drive it would display it as follows:



Whereas in my prototype servlet it would display it as:



How do I fix the JSP EL version so it displays it like my servlet does? Many thanks
 
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How is ViewDirectory being populated?
That output looks to my like it's a List of Objects, and the first Object is an array, with the rest being simple Strings.
 
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Ah, no.
Completely misread that.

So it's a Map?
Looks like the single key for the Map is an array.
 
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My HashMap ArrayList looks like this:

 
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The first arraylist contains the folders of the given directory, and the second arraylist contains the files of the given directory
 
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Why do you have an ArrayList as the key to a Map?
That sounds wrong.

But that's why you have this output:
Folder: [C:\CINEBENCH, C:\Documents and Settings, C:\Fraps, C:\Intel, C:\PerfLogs, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), C:\Temp, C:\Users, C:\Windows]

That's the key, and it looks like you have only the one key.
 
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im trying to get 2 arraylists returned of a function. so i thought about putting them in a hashmap by setting it up as the folders as keys and the files as values. obviously this isnt gonna work.... or would it?
 
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.... returned from a function *
 
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how do multidimensional arrays work in java? cos i think that would be a better option
 
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What exactly are you trying to model?
What are you trying to achieve?

With that information we might be able to come up with a suitable solution for you.

Looking at your prototype output, I'm not sure what use that list is.  What's it for?
 
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I scanning a particular directory and storing the results (file names and folder name) in separate arrays (or one array if poss)
 
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the whole point of it is to manage the servers file system through a browser
 
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A multi-dimensional array (nit: no such thing really in Java, just arrays of arrays, but that's moot) is certainly not the right approach.

Sounds like a simple list of beans (folders) that in turn have a list of children (other folder and files). Modeling your data correctly is 99% of the battle. Modeled correctly, writing the code in a JSP should be almost trivial. If your JSP is complex, it's a good sign that the data wasn't prepared correctly.
 
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there must be a way to get 2 data collections out of a single method without making 2 separate methods to handle each data collection
 
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Who said anything about two methods? It's all about proper modeling.

I'd create two bean classess: (1) One that contains the info about files (perhaps just name? but other info as necessary) and (2) One that captures the info about folders (again with name and any other info as necessary) that also possesses a list of its children, which can be either another folder or a file.

To make thing tidy, the file and folder class would either implement a common interface, or inherit from a common superclass, so that they can be easily added to a single list as children.

 
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So what does the current code do?
Does it find all the folders then all the files?
Or does it iterate over the contents and check which is a file and which a folder?

And just to clarify, this is to list the contents of a single directory so that you can eventually display them, folders first, later on?
 
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Dave Tolls wrote:So what does the current code do?
Does it find all the folders then all the files?
Or does it iterate over the contents and check which is a file and which a folder?

And just to clarify, this is to list the contents of a single directory so that you can eventually display them, folders first, later on?



yeah it loops through a dir using isdirectory() etc then puts the results in the relevant arraylist (file or folder)
 
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the API does a lot more than this tho. like creating/deleting files/folders, renaming, moving et etc
 
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All the more reason to make sure that your model accurately represents the data. Two flat lists doesn't reflect the hierarchal nature of a file system.
 
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ill show you a screenshot of the prototype servlet ive made. it wont look like this when its finished



I just want it to be very basic
 
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So is there no possible way to print all of the "key/s" names from the first arraylist in the hashmap, then print all the "values" from the second arraylist in the hashmap in a nested EL forEach loop? Thats alls im asking for. I know you may think this is a bad approach to the problem but I dont want to change the code nor do I have the time. Maybe at a later date ill revise it.
 
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Michael Portman wrote:Maybe at a later date ill revise it.


Sorry to be blunt, but this would get you kicked off my team. Later never comes.

You don't have the time to not do it right.

My opinion. Take it or leave it.
 
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Bear Bibeault wrote:

Michael Portman wrote:Maybe at a later date ill revise it.


Sorry to be blunt, but this would get you kicked off my team. Later never comes.

You don't have the time to not do it right.

My opinion. Take it or leave it.



I've done it now anyway on my own.  It may be a bit crude it works and it does what I want it to do.....



Its two separate loops, one for the folders arraylist and one for the files arraylist. It yields exactly the same results as the prototype.
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