Write a method to retrieve Employee objects from a HashMap T

Write a method to retrieve Employee objects from a HashMap.

The method takes in a HashMap that holds take in a HashMap that holds Employee objects hashed by their employee ID.

The method also takes in a list of Employee IDs.

Some IDs might be in the HashMap, others might not.

Create a list of all Employee objects that match the IDs from the list and are eligible for a bonus.

The Employee class is contained in the downloads for this homework.

The method header is:

public static ArrayList<Employee> getEmployeeBonusList(HashMap<String, Employee> employeeMap, ArrayList<String> employeeIDs)

Solution

   public static ArrayList<Employee> getEmployeeBonusList(HashMap<String, Employee> employeeMap, ArrayList<String> employeeIDs){
       ArrayList<Employee> employeeList = new ArrayList<Employee>();
       for(int i=0; i<employeeIDs.size(); i++){
           if(employeeMap.get(employeeIDs.get(i)) != null){
               employeeList.add(employeeMap.get(employeeIDs.get(i)));
           }
       }
       return employeeList;
   }