Method calls with arrays (origionally posted in wrong place)

[COner]

sry i had origionally posted this in the java developers section of the forum

alright i was wondineg if it is possible to call methods with an array
here is why i need this to happen:

i am calling a series of methods that all have the same return time (boolean)
and once the return from one of these method becomes true i need to stop and return that
a "driver" is calling all of these methods

(it's a poker game)

it first calls isRoyalFlush....then all the way down to isHighCard
i realize that they dont' truly have to be seperate methods, but for testing/creating it would be much easier. once they return a true value, i want the search to break and return

could anyboyd tell me how to, or an alternate way to doing this?

if that makes no sense:
public void Play()
{
Method[]arr=new Method[/*not sure what goes here*/]; /*maybe like the method names, i'm thinking of somethign like an onClick in javascript for buttons where i would do onClick="isRoyalFlush()"*/
boolean isType=false;
for(int i=0;i<9;i++)
{
isType=arr[i];
if(isType)
//print and do all that stuff
}
}
public boolean isRoyalFlush()//this would be cell 0 in the array
{

}
public boolean isStraightFlush()//cell 1....etc
{
}

[mikeBarr81]

You can't do what you're asking for, just call the methods seperately.

[COner]

are you sure? b/c i was searching for it and i found
java.lang.reflect........
http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/27798/0/page/2

i just don't understand how it is used, or when to use it

[sjalle]

..but you could have solved the problem using those methods. I your case
I would have done something like this:

public class Poker {
  public final static int ROYAL_STRAIGHT_FLUSH=9;
  public final static int STRAIGHT_FLUSH=8;
  // etc. etc.
  public final static int HI_CARD=0;
  public int getHand() {
    int handType;
    for (handType=ROYAL_STRAIGHT_FLUSH; handType>=HI_CARD; handType--) {
      switch (handType) {
        case ROYAL_STRAIGHT_FLUSH:
          if (isRoyalFlush()) return handType;
          break;
        case STRAIGHT_FLUSH:
          if (isStraightFlush()) return handType;
          break;
        // etc. etc.
      }
    }
  }
}

[ractoc]

another way to do this:

public final static int ROYAL_STRAIGHT_FLUSH=9;
public final static int STRAIGHT_FLUSH=8;
// etc. etc.
public final static int HI_CARD=0;

int getHand() {
  return isRoyalFlush();
}

int isRoyalFlush() {
  if (/* hand is royalFlush*/)
  {
    return ROYAL_STRAIGHT_FLUSH;
  }
  else
  {
    return isStraightFlush();
  }
}

int isStriaghtFlush() {
  if (/* hand is straightFlush*/)
  {
    return STRAIGHT_FLUSH;
  }
  else
  {
    return isFullHouse();
  }
}

etc.

[COner]

yes i realize this, but i am trying 2 do it with as little typing as possible (and this looked like a cool way to do it) i realize that it is unnecessary though