can I dynamically name HashMaps?

[johnniefp]

Evening all.

Can you dynamically name objects? for example I would like to name a large number of HashMaps & ArrayLists of pre defined names.

Currently I'm naming then directly, but it seems inefficient.

E.g
HashMap Blue = null;
HashMap lightblue = null;
HashMap midblue = null;
HashMap darkblue = null;


and so on...

Could I save the HashMap names in a separate file (XML?) and loop through each entry to name all may HashMaps or ArrayLists?

<main>Blue</main>
_lightblue
_midblue
_darkblue

and so on...

cheers all

[sharbov]

Just have a List member, when the calss starts (add a static block), load all names from porp file, and create corresponding maps. You will however have to think of a way to know what si stored where...


Sharbov.