Thread: Confused on how to add data from a list into a HashMap

I am being asked to do the following:
where the keys are names of runners and the values are their times. The keys should be sorted at all times.

This method should iterate over*runners, populating the maps*juniorResults,standardResults*and*seniorResul ts, with the correct names and times of runners.

runners is an ArrayList that stores the information.

I have managed to get working:

for (Runner runner: runners)
if(runners.contains("Junior")

I am confused on how to get the names of the runners and the times from the ArrayList so I can populate each of the maps with the right key/value. I am using BlueJ.

Can you paste the code of your Runner class?

Of course. I just realized I am missing an import for the class but otherwise that's the whole Runner class.

/**
 * Class Runner - Simulates a runner in a Marathon
 * 
 *
 */
public class Runner implements Comparable<Runner>
{
/* static variables */
 
// To be added by students in Question 3, part (i)(a) and part(iv)(a)
private static int nextNumber = 1; //intializes nextNumber and sets it to 1
/* instance variables */
 
   private int number;       // runner's number
   private String name;      // runner's name
   private String ageGroup;  // standard, junior or senior
   private int time;         // runner's marathon time in minutes
 
 
   /**
    * Default constructor for objects of class Runner
    */
   public Runner()
   {
      super();
      this.name = "";
      this.ageGroup = "standard";
      this.time = 0;
 
 
 
    // additional code to be added by students in Q3, part (i)(b)
     this.number = nextNumber; //sets the value of number to 1
    this.number = nextNumber++; //increases the total of number by the value of nextNumber 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   }
 
    /**
     * 
     */
    public int compareTo(Runner anotherRunner)
    {
      return this.getTime()-(anotherRunner.getTime()); // compares one Runner's time to anotherRunner's time
       }
 
/* instance methods */
 
    //Only those accessor methods that you will need have been included
 
   /**
    * Returns the receiver's number
    */
   public int getNumber()
   {
      return this.number;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * Sets the receiver's name
    */
   public void setName(String name)
   {
      this.name = name;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * Returns the receiver's name
    */
   public String getName()
   {
      return this.name;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * Sets the receiver's ageGroup
    */
   public void setAgeGroup(String group)
   {
      this.ageGroup = group;
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the receiver's ageGroup
    */
   public String getAgeGroup()
   {
      return this.ageGroup;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * Sets the receiver's time
    */
   public void setTime(int time)
   {
      this.time = time;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * Returns the receiver's time
    */
   public int getTime()
   {
      return this.time;
   }
 
}

I believe the values are but the Maps will be created in another class MarathonAdmin and I have tried to use getTime() and getName(), but when I try using it to populate the Map, BlueJ says the methods are not known or declared. Unless I need to create a new Runner object within the method and use the accessors that way.