Assigning a horse to a player?

I am creating a plugin which allows a a player to 'claim' a horse which makes it so only they can mount/leash the horse. This is what I have so far:

Code:java

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label,
            String[] args) {
        Player p = (Player) sender;
 
        if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("hclaim")) {
            if (p.isInsideVehicle()) {
                if (p.getVehicle().getType() == EntityType.HORSE) {
                    Horse horse = (Horse) p.getVehicle();
 
                }
            } else {
                p.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "You must be on a horse to claim it!");
            }
 
        }
        return false;
 
    }

I need some help with 'assigning the horse to the player'. Any help is appreciated.

 

Faith You could make such a hashmap "HashMap<String, List<UUID>>", simply add the UUID of the claimed horse to the list of the player.

 

DarkBladee12 Sorry, but I haven't previously worked with HashMaps so could you demonstrate how it would look? Appreciate it.

 

Code:java

HashMap<String, List<UUID>> playerHorses = new HashMap<String, List<UUID>>();
 
//Assigning a horse
if(!(playerHorses.containsKey(player.getName()))){
  playerHorses.put(player.getName(), new ArrayList<UUID>());
}
 
playerHorses.get(player.getName()).add(horse.getUniqueId());

 

Faith It should look like this:

Code:java

// Top of the class
private HashMap<String, List<UUID>> assigned = new HashMap<String, List<UUID>>();
// ....
private void assignHorse(Player p, Horse h){
    String name = p.getName();
    List<UUID> list = new ArrayList<UUID>();
    // Check if the player has already an entry in the HashMap
    if(assigned.hasKey(name){
      list = assigned.get(name);
    }
    assigned.add(h.getUniqueId());
    // Update the list in the HashMap
     assigned.put(name, list);
}
 
private void removeAssignment(Player p, Horse h){
    String name = p.getName();
    // Check if the player has already an entry in the HashMap
    if(!assigned.hasKey(name){
      return;
    }
    List<UUID> list = assigned.get(name);
    list.remove(h.getUniqueId());
    // Update the list in the HashMap
    assigned.put(name, list);
}