substitute string in methods name?

[nimo frey]

I have something like:

a.getX();

you see, the getX is a Method-Name.

Now, I have something like this:

String what ="X"

a.get+"what";

Unfortunately, this does not work. Is there another way to achieve this?

[Maneesh Godbole]

What are you trying to achieve exactly? Looks like you want to figure out at runtime which method should be invoked. Is that correct?

One way to do it is to get a list of all methods using reflection, iterate through them, get the names, compare the method name with your string and invoke it if required.

[Jesper de Jong]

Reflection is the way to do this.

[Campbell Ritchie]

nimo frey wrote: . . .

String what ="X"

a.get+"what";

You would mean "a.get" + what; surely? Maneesh and Jesper have already answered.