File Hierarchy system with a web application logic question: List searching
- by molleman
I need to search through a list of folders that could have more folders inside it,
and add a new folder depending what folder is its parent.(the path is stored as a String for eg = "root/MyCom/home/") Then i fill in a field with a new folder name and add it to the final folder(eg "home/").
Below as you can see , I can navigate to the right location and add the new folder to a current folder, My trouble is that i cannot ensure that currentFolder element is placed back in the list it came from
how could i add a folder to a list of folders, that could be within a list of folders,that could be within a list of folders and endless more?
YFUser user = (YFUser)getSession().getAttribute(SESSION_USER);
Folder newFolder = new Folder();
newFolder.setFolderName(foldername);
// this is the path string (root/MyCom/home/) split in the different folder names
String folderNames[] = folderLocationString.split("/");
int folderNamesLength = folderNames.length;
Folder root = user.getRoot();
Folder currentFolder = root;
for(int i=0;i<=folderNamesLength; i++){
// because root is folderNames[i]
String folderName = folderNames[i++];
int currentFolderSize = currentFolder.getChildren.getSize();
for(int o=1; o<= currentFolderSize ; o++){
if(currentFolder.getChildren().get(o) instanceof Folder){
if(folderName.equals(currentFolder.getChildren().get(o).getFolderName())){
currentFolder = currentFolder.getChildren().get(o);
if (i == counter){
//now i am inside the correct folder and i add it to the list of folders within it
//the trouble is knowing how to re add this changed folder back to the list before it
currentFolder.getChildren.add(newFolder);
}
}
}
}
}
