making a string .. name of an object

[nanosani]

I want to input a string
Suppose the string was :
String s = "sani";

Now I want to make "sani" the name of an object of one of the class.
Suppose the name of the class is myClass.
I want to :

myClass sani = new myClass();

Any ideas??

[Banderson]

Here I will create a class named StringClass and build constructors.....

public class StringClass
{
   
   public static String StringAsObject;
   
   // Defining the new Value of s when calling this method
   StringClass()
   {
  StringAsObject = "sani";
   }
   
   
   // Building Constructors
	
    public static String getStringAsObject()
    
	{
		return StringAsObject;
	}
	
	
	public void setStringAsObject(String s)
{
	StringAsObject = s;
}

}

Now I will create a class named myClass that also contains method main and call the value of s which is the string "sani"

public class myClass
{
	public static void main(String [] args)
	{
	StringClass aString = new StringClass();
	String s;
    s = aString.getStringAsObject();	

   StringClass.getStringAsObject();
   System.out.println(s);


	}
}

If this is not what you were referring to let me know because I am unclear.

[nanosani]

Thanks Branderson

StringClass aString = new StringClass();

this is what you wrote but I want it as

StringClass sani = new StringClass();

Is it possible like that .... whenever I input a string it should become the name of an object.

[Iron_Cross]

No it's not. The closest thing you'll be able to do is to use a HashMap. Which is a list of key/value pairs. The string would be the key, and the object would be the value.

public class HashTest {
    private HashMap objList;
    private Object obj;
    private String objName;

    public HashTest(){
        this(20);
    }    

    public HashTest(int size){
        this.objList = new HashMap(size);
    }

    public void add(Object obj, String name){
          this.objList.put(obj,name);
    }

    public void remove(String name){
         this.objList.remove(name);
    }
 
    public Object get(String name){
         if(this.objList.containsKey(name))
              this.objList.get(name);
         else
              return;
    }

    public void showObjects(){
         String name;
         ArrayList ar = new ArrayList(this.objList.values());
         for(int i = 0; i < ar.size(); i++){
              name = ar.get(i);
              System.out.println(name);
         }
    }
        
    public static void main(String[] args){
        HashTest test = new HashTest(5);
        
        String name = "sani";
        Object o = new Object(); // <-- that would be some object you want to name
        String name2 = "mandy";
        Object o2 = new Object();
        
        test.add(o,name);
        test.add(o2,name2);

        test.showObjects();
        test.remove("sani");

        test.showObjects();
    }
}

Try that out, you may need to add some casts and stuff, but you should get the idea.

[nanosani]

Okay fren ... but I'll keep on trying ...

[freesoft_2000]

hi everyone,
Is this what you mean?

String a = "sani";
Object k;

k = (Object)a;
//k has already been assigned the string "sani"
myClass k = new myClass( );

I hope this helps you

Yours Sincerely

Richard West