I have a model class for my company which has numbers. I would like
to create a method like
getNumbers()
which returns all of the different phone numbers that are in the
database as a collection. However, when I get them, I need to know
which ones they are for display purposes (just a list of numbers
won't do much good or else you end up calling a fax machine). I
thought of using a HashMap like
HashMap numbers = new HashMap();
numbers.put("phone", getPhone());
numbers.put("fax", getPhone());
etc.
but then I realized that HashMaps screw up the order. I need to
keep the order that I place them in the Hash so I can do
<c:forEach items="${company.numbers}" var="number">
<bean:message key="${number.key}"/>: <c:out value="${number.value}"/>
</c:forEach>
I tried to implement a FifoMap but failed because I didn't know how
to subclass Map.Entry
POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
I guess the solution would be to create a Bean for a Phone Number
and then have getNumbers() return a Collection of phone number
beans. Is that the best way or is a map still possible?
Dan
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