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--- usingahashmapinavalueobject [2026/01/25 20:47] – wikiadmin
+++ usingahashmapinavalueobject [2026/01/25 21:07] (current) – [Setting up the ValueObject "MAP" Property] wikiadmin
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 map.put("age",50);
 map.put("name","Joe Doe");
-map.put("color",new java.awt.Color(java.awt.Color.green)); //you can put Objects into the HashMap
+map.put("color",java.awt.Color.green); //you can put Objects into the HashMap
 //add the "map" to a ValueObject so we can pass this to the script
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 vo = new LongValueObject(100); //the value can be used by the script, or ignored
-vo.addProperty("MAP",map); //this is all you need to do before you send the value to the script
+vo.setProperty("MAP",map); //this is all you need to do before you send the value to the script
 //send it to the script
-/Devices/UtilityServers_Servers/CalculateSomething->setValueObject(vo); //must use setValueObject so the MAP property is not striped
+/Devices/UtilityServers_Servers/CalculateSomething->setValueObject(vo); //must use setValueObject so the MAP property is not striped (not, for example, setLongValue())
 </code>
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 ==== Using the MAP property in your Script ====
+An example of a script which extracts the MAP property and gets the various values based on the key
+<code javascript>
+if (incomingValue.getQuality()==0) {
+ //following from the above example, incomingValue is a LongValueObject with a property called "MAP" which contains a HashMap of key/value pairs
+vo = incomingValue;
+map = incomingValue.getProperty("MAP");
+//you can test what class map is as a sanity check
+print("The MAP property is a "+map.getClass().getName()); //works as long as map is not null
+value1 = map.get("name");
+value2 = map.get("age");
+color = map.get("color"); //this is an awt Color object
+//test color, get the r,g,b values
+print("color is:" + "r:"+color.getRed()+" g:"+color.getGreen()+" b:"+color.getBlue());
+//you can use the values passed in the MAP property in your script....
+}
+incomingValue;
+</code>