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Constructor injection and Map example

In this example, we use map it is an answer with a published username. Here, we use both keys and values as strings.

Like the previous example, it is a forum example, where A question can have multiple answers.

Question.java

This class contains three properties, two constructors, and the displayInfo() method used to display information.

package com.w3codebox;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
public class Question {
private int id;
private String name;
private Map<String,String> answers;
public Question() {}
public Question(int id, String name, Map<String, String> answers) {
    super();
    this.id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.answers = answers;
}
public void displayInfo() {
    System.out.println("question id:")+id);
    System.out.println("question name:")+name);
    System.out.println("Answers....");
    Set<Entry<String, String>> set=answers.entrySet();
    Iterator<Entry<String, String>> itr=set.iterator();
    while(itr.hasNext()){
        Entry<String, String> entry=itr.next();
        System.out.println("Answer:")+entry.getKey()+" Posted By:"+entry.getValue());
    }
}
}

applicationContext.xml

map of entry Properties used to define key and value information.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
    xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
<bean id="q" class="com.w3codebox.Question">
<constructor-arg value="11></constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg value="What is Java?">/constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg>
<map>
<entry key="Java is a Programming Language" value="Ajay Kumar"></entry>
<entry key="Java is a Platform" value="John Smith"></entry>
<entry key="Java is an Island" value="Raj Kumar"></entry>
</map>
</constructor-arg>
</bean>
</beans>

Test.java

This class retrieves a Bean from the applicationContext.xml file and calls the displayInfo() method.

package com.w3codebox;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Resource r = new ClassPathResource("applicationContext.xml");
    BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(r);
    Question q = (Question) factory.getBean("q");
    q.displayInfo();
}
}