java - How to check a String for multiple items in a String ArrayList -

i have arraylist , add strings i'm checking this.

arraylist<string> al = new arraylist<string>();     al.add("is");     al.add("the"); 

then have method returns match found in string in arraylist.

public static string getword(string str1, arraylist<string> list) {     for(int = 0; < list.size(); i++)     {         if(str1.tolowercase().contains(list.get(i)))         {             return list.get(i);         }     }     return false; } 

although when want check string has more 1 match returns fist 1 added arraylist, so

al.add("is"); al.add("the"); 

it return "is"

if add them this

al.add("the"); al.add("is"); 

it return "the"

i need way of determining how many matches there , returning them individually.

try use map hold, key string in list , value count matched

public static void main(string[] args) throws exception {     list<string> list = new arraylist<string>();     list.add("aa");     list.add("bb");     list.add("cc");     list.add("dd");     list.add("ee");     list.add("ff");     list.add("kk");     list.add("ff");      system.out.println(getword("aabbccddeeff", list)); }  public static map<string, integer> getword(string str1, list<string> list) {     map<string, integer> map = new hashmap<string, integer>();     integer count = 1;      (string match : list)     {         if(str1.tolowercase().contains(match))         {             if(map.containskey(match))             {                 count = map.get(match);                 count++;              }             map.put(match, count);         }     }      return map; }