Name and int using a String

Question

Hi everybody,
ive got a class that creates a new int. i want the name of the int to be a parameter that i can send into the class. so for example:
public testObject(String intName)
then in my main I could say:
testObject grader = new testObject(gradeOne);
and the testObject class would make a new int called gradeOne.
does anybody know how i could accomplish this?

Answer 1

Well you can hava a java.util.Map that maps Strings (for the names) to Integers (for the values).
You could encapsulate that map within another class if you feel that helps the design, and provide a method that expresses the relationship pretty easily, e.g.,:
public class NamedInts {
  private Map mapping = new HashMap();
  public void addNumber(String name, int value) {
    mapping.put(name, Integer.valueOf(value));
  // other methods, presumably, as well
}Is that what you meant?