Java - converting a string name to object name to call methods upon

Asked Mar 28 '16 at 23:29

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Given two objects (two characters), I want to take the users string and convert it to a format where I can call methods upon it.

For instance, james.boilWater(10), will call the boilWater method for the object james. I am struggling to work out how to call the method on one of the characters given a string.

And no, using lots of if/else will just be inefficient if I have hundreds of characters.

    CartoonFigure james = new CartoonFigure("Guy1", 50, 50);
    CartoonFigure bob = new CartoonFigure("girl3", 200, 200);

    String charName = UI.askString("What character do you want");

    charName.boilWater(10);

I am using the ecs100 library by the way, but the same concept should apply to command line applications.

asked Mar 28 '16 at 23:29

Dylan Kumar

Also see http://stackoverflow.com/q/20974558/3973077 – Paul Boddington Mar 28 '16 at 23:31
Why do you write `"Guy1"` and `"girl3"` instead of `"james"` and `"bob"`? – RaminS Mar 28 '16 at 23:34
those are just the names of the images (which are shown on the screen), in this case guy1.jpg and girl3.jpg. – Dylan Kumar Mar 28 '16 at 23:36

Java - converting a string name to object name to call methods upon

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