Passing ArrayList To A Class In Foreach Loop
I am attempting to pass an ArrayList to a class, inside of a foreach loop. Each ArrayList is unique going in, however, after the loop, all ArrayLists have the same values.
I am doing:
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
//after this foreach, all myclass's in myClassArrayList have the same .GetArrayList() values, yet maintain different hash codes.
myclass.SetArrayList(Array
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
I am doing:
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
//after this foreach, all myclass's in myClassArrayList have the same .GetArrayList() values, yet maintain different hash codes.
myclass.SetArrayList(Array
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
myClassArrayList is just an ArrayList.
myClass.GetArrayList is simply:
public ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassArrayList;
}
myClass.GetArrayList is simply:
public ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassArrayList;
}
A couple minor points. Your GetArrayList is accessing a different member variable than the SetArrayList and the SetArrayList isn't declared as shown (i.e., myclass.SetArrayList)?
It may just be my pseudo code...myclass looks like this.
public class myclass
{
private ArrayList myClassesArrayList;
public void SetArrayList(ArrayList incoming)
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
pulbic ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassesArrayList;
}
}
Calling code looks like this:
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
//after this foreach, all myclass's in myClassArrayList have the same .GetArrayList() values, yet maintain different hash codes.
public class myclass
{
private ArrayList myClassesArrayList;
public void SetArrayList(ArrayList incoming)
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
pulbic ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassesArrayList;
}
}
Calling code looks like this:
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
//after this foreach, all myclass's in myClassArrayList have the same .GetArrayList() values, yet maintain different hash codes.
I copy/pasted your samples, added a static variable to keep track of the instances of myclass, added outputs after the loop to show what the arraylist holds, and got this output which shows them to be distinct. Maybe run this sample and tell me if I'm misunderstanding the problem.
-- run this somewhere
ArrayList myClassArrayList = new ArrayList();
myClassArrayList.Add( new myclass() );
myClassArrayList.Add( new myclass() );
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
System.Diagnostics.Debug.W
System.Diagnostics.Debug.W
---
public class myclass
{
private ArrayList myClassesArrayList;
static int iCounter = 0;
public myclass()
{
myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList();
myClassesArrayList.Add( iCounter );
myClassesArrayList.Add( iCounter + 100 );
iCounter++;
}
public void SetArrayList(ArrayList incoming)
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
public ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassesArrayList;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return "I am instance " + ((int)myClassesArrayList[0
}
}
-- run this somewhere
ArrayList myClassArrayList = new ArrayList();
myClassArrayList.Add( new myclass() );
myClassArrayList.Add( new myclass() );
foreach(myclass tempClass in myClassArrayList)
{
ArrayList bla = tempClass.GetArrayList();
//play around with bla, get it how it should be for this instance
//at this point bla is unique
tempClass.SetArrayList(bla
}
System.Diagnostics.Debug.W
System.Diagnostics.Debug.W
---
public class myclass
{
private ArrayList myClassesArrayList;
static int iCounter = 0;
public myclass()
{
myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList();
myClassesArrayList.Add( iCounter );
myClassesArrayList.Add( iCounter + 100 );
iCounter++;
}
public void SetArrayList(ArrayList incoming)
{
this.myClassesArrayList = new ArrayList(incoming);
}
public ArrayList GetArrayList()
{
return myClassesArrayList;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return "I am instance " + ((int)myClassesArrayList[0
}
}
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You are correct, that does work.
I was looking at the outcome and thinking that in my code every instance of myclass inside of myClassArrayList was pointing to the same myclass. What's actually happening, is every myclass is pointing to the same object (in this example it is an int, in my real code it's a custom object). Thus, when we simplify it and use ints, the above example works.
Thanks for the help!
I was looking at the outcome and thinking that in my code every instance of myclass inside of myClassArrayList was pointing to the same myclass. What's actually happening, is every myclass is pointing to the same object (in this example it is an int, in my real code it's a custom object). Thus, when we simplify it and use ints, the above example works.
Thanks for the help!
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