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Sunny_SlpSunny_Slp 

Adding elements to List

Hi everyone, I was trying to add elements to a list and for some reason I cannot understand, the code replaces all the elements with the most recent one.

 

GMFXmlWriter_ValueOnly handle=new GMFXmlWriter_ValueOnly();
  Map<String,String> parentMap=new Map<String,String>();
  Map<String,String> child=new Map<String,String>();
  List<Map<String,String>> childMap=new List<Map<String,String>>();
  
  parentMap.put('sampleParent_name1','sampleParent_value1');
  parentMap.put('sampleParent_name2','sampleParent_value2');
  
  child.put('samplechild1_elem1','samplechild1_value1');
  child.put('samplechild1_elem2','samplechild1_value2');
  childMap.add(child);

 child.clear();
 child.put('samplechild2_elem1','samplechild2_value1');
 child.put('samplechild2_elem2','samplechild2_value2');
 childMap.add(child);

 

After running the above code, childMap has 

 

 USER_DEBUG [24]|DEBUG|({samplechild2_elem1=samplechild2_value1, samplechild2_elem2=samplechild2_value2}, (already output))

 

basically, it has samplechild2 twice. I can't figure what I'm doing wrong. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Sunny_Slp

 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
Sunny_SlpSunny_Slp

I feel stupid, ofcourse it had duplicate elements. It was pointing to the same memory location. If any one else needs the solution:

 

I added 

 

child=new Map<String,String> before I put in new elements (the actual code is much more complex). This allocates new memory block for the map and when I add to childMap, it works correctly.