Making Strings an object of a class

Question

Okay hello. Now i have LinkedList<Customer> customers = new LinkedList<Customer>();now i am trying to add a string into this list. i know this is not possible as the list that i made is of type object.
My question is how do i make a string into an object so that it can be added into the list.
String l = (Customer) x;i know this is wrong that is why i am asking how do i make the string so that it can be added into the list of customers. Customer is a class. Does the conversion of String to Customer object meant to be done in that class?? please help

Answer 1

That String is an input. Thats the problem im having. As it is a string that im inputing the customers.add(l) doesnt work. for example, foreget the String l = (Customer) x. We have concluded this doesnt work. But when i do String l, the cusomters.add(l) comes up with an error. The error is it cannot find add(). This way the add() is just some ordinary one and not of the Liked List type. Therefore simple putting String l; is inefficient for the list to work, thus i need to make a parser so that the String becomes of type Customer. But i do not know how to make the parser, or even where to start. I have seen one that made double into string, but not object to string. are the ways these 2 are done similar?
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Customers implements Serializable
{   private LinkedList<Customer> customers = new LinkedList<Customer>();
    Customer x;
    String z;
    double y;
    String l;
    public void add()
    {   System.out.println("Add a customer");
        l = Store.nextLine();
        customers.add(l); }