Android - Save Map<String, Object[]> to file - java

How can I save this kind of map to file? (it should work for an android device too)
I tried:
Properties properties = new Properties();
for (Map.Entry<String, Object[]> entry : map.entrySet()) {
properties.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}
try {
properties.store(new FileOutputStream(context.getFilesDir() + MainActivity.FileName), null);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
And I get:
class java.util.ArrayList cannot be cast to class java.lang.String (java.util.ArrayList and java.lang.String are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')
What should I do?

I was writing an answer based on String values serialization when I realized for your error that perhaps some value can be an ArrayList... I honestly don't fully understand the reasoning behind the error (of course, it is a cast, but I don't understand the java.util.ArrayList part)...
In any case, the problem is happening when you try storing your properties and it tries to convert your Object[] to String for saving.
In my original answer I suggested you to manually join your values when generating your file. It is straightforward with the join method of the String class:
Properties properties = new Properties();
for (String key : map.keySet()) {
Object[] values = map.get(key);
// Perform null checking
String value = String.join(",", values);
properties.put(key, value);
}
try {
properties.store(new FileOutputStream(context.getFilesDir() + MainActivity.FileName), null);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
For reading your values, you can use split:
Properties properties = new Properties();
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
InputStream in = null;
try {
in = new FileInputStream(context.getFilesDir() + MainActivity.FileName);
properties.load(in);
for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
String value = properties.getProperty(k);
// Perform null checking
String[] values = value.split(",");
map.put(key, value);
}
} catch (Throwable t) {
t.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (in != null) {
try {
in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
But I think you have a much better approach: please, just use the Java builtin serialization mechanisms to save and restore your information.
For saving your map use ObjectOutputStream:
try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(context.getFilesDir() + MainActivity.FileName))){
oos.writeObject(map);
}
You can read your map back as follows:
Map<String, Object> map;
try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(context.getFilesDir() + MainActivity.FileName))){
map = (Map)ois.readObject();
}
If all the objects stored in your map are Serializables this second approach is far more flexible and it is not limited to String values like the first one.

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Is it possible to change the object type of an array list i.e. from an Object ArrayList to a specific object ArrayList. I have tried using a for each. Alternatively is there a way to change the filehandling method such that it can return a specific type depending on which file it reads from without duplicating code?
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