Dynamic method call needs reflection class?

Question

Hi,
First of all, this is my first post so go easy on me ;)
I would like to have something like this in Java:
String name = "number1";
int temp = name + getme();
the integer temp should now be the result of the method "number1getme()".
By changing the value of 'name' I could get the value of number2, number3 etc. etc.
Hope you understand and can help.
Yours Sincerely,
GrandiJoos

Answer 1

If you really want to do it this way, you will indeed need to use reflection. Have you considered other options, such as storing values in a Map or creating one getme() method that takes a name argument?Map<String, Integer> temps = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
.. fill the map with temperatures
String name="number1";
int temp = temps.get(name);orString name="number1";
public int getme(String name) {
int result = ...;
if(name.equals("number1")) {
  result = <some temp here>;
return result;
}