How to retrieve mongodb field value stored as array of string into a java ArrayList - mongodb-query

Question

Document structure is:
db.lookupdata.insert({ parent_key : "category" , key : "accessories" , value : ["belts","cases","gloves","hair","hats","scarves","sunglasses","ties","wallets","watches"]})
i want to store array filed values in java array list
i am finding the document like this:
FindIterable<Document> iterable1 = docCollectionLookup.find(Filters.eq("parent_key", "category"));
Iterator<Document> iter1=iterable1.iterator();
while(iter1.hasNext())
{
Document theObj = iter1.next();
categotyLookUpMap.put(theObj.getString("key"), list);
}
now here how can i retrieve array field values(key:"value") in ArrayList

Answer 1

You can retrieve array field values(key:"value") in ArrayList just like how you retrieve string field key. Please refer below:
FindIterable<Document> iterable1 = docCollectionLookup.find(Filters.eq("parent_key", "category"));
Iterator<Document> iter1=iterable1.iterator();
//Create a HashMap variable with type <String,ArrayList>,according to your needs
Map<String,ArrayList> categotyLookUpMap = new HashMap<String,ArrayList>();
while(iter1.hasNext())
{
Document theObj = iter1.next();
//Get method of Document class will return object,parse it to ArrayList
categotyLookUpMap.put(theObj.getString("key"), (ArrayList)theObj.get("value"));
}
Alternatively, you can use Morphia which is MongoDB object-document mapper in Java. You can setup dependency / download JAR from here
First, create LookupData class to map to lookupdata collection. Annotation #Id is required else will throw exception with message "No field is annotated with #Id; but it is required". So create an _id field for it.
#Entity("lookupdata")
public class LookupData {
#Id
String _id ;
#Property("parent_key")
String parentKey;
String key;
ArrayList<String> value;
public String get_id() {
return _id;
}
public void set_id(String _id) {
this._id = _id;
}
public String getParentKey() {
return parentKey;
}
public void setParentKey(String parentKey) {
this.parentKey = parentKey;
}
public String getKey() {
return key;
}
public void setKey(String key) {
this.key = key;
}
public void setValue(ArrayList<String> value) {
this.value = value;
}
public ArrayList<String> getValue() {
return value;
}
}
Retrieve array field values as below:
MongoClient mongoClient = new MongoClient(new MongoClientURI("mongodb://localhost"));
Morphia morphia = new Morphia();
morphia.map(LookupData.class);
//lookupdata collection is under my local db "tutorials" in this case
Datastore datastore = morphia.createDatastore(mongoClient, "tutorials");
Map<String,ArrayList> categotyLookUpMap = new HashMap<String,ArrayList>();
LookupData lookupData = datastore.find(LookupData.class).get();
categotyLookUpMap.put(lookupData.getKey(), lookupData.getValue());