ArrayList as a column value?

[Something Something <lu...@yahoo.com>]

Hello,



How do I add values from an ArrayList to a column in a HTable?



Let's say I have a "Product" table with columns:  name, desc.  Now I
want to add to each row a list of categories that a product belongs
to.  I tried the following:



        for (String category : categories) {

          put.add(Bytes.toBytes("info"), Bytes.toBytes("categories"), Bytes.toBytes(category));

        }



This doesn't work as expected.  It only keeps one (last) category.  The
rest get overwritten.  I tried using 'version', but that didn't work
either.  There's a put(KeyValue) method.  Is that the one I am supposed
to use?



Any help in this regard will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.