RE: [Phrame-devel] ArrayList != associative array

[Peter \DeCaf\ P. <de...@al...>]

Hi Jason,

Maybe I haven't thought this issue through thoroughly, but isn't that
what a HashMap is for? Working with associative arrays that is?  As I
understood it the util-classes are pretty much copies of the Java
equivalents, and there are indeed no such thing as an associative array
in Java. That is a Map.

So if you need to use and manipulate an associative array, i.e. a map of
some sort, wouldn't you be better off using a HashMap instead? 
(An iterator that works for the HashMap might be a good idea though)

Just my thoughts, please correct me if you think I'm wrong.

Sincerely,
Peter Palotas.

> I just encountered the fact that the arraylist object, and in 
> particular the listiterator, will not work with associative arrays.
> 
> Worthy of a TODO item?
>