Question

I’d like to map a reference to an object instead of the object value with an HashTable

configMapping.Add('HEADERS_PATH', Me.headers_path) 

that way when I’m going to retrieve the value of ‘HEADERS_PATH’ I’ll be able to assign a value to Me.headers_path

something like the ‘ & ‘ operator in C

Answer 1

I am assuming that Me.headers_path is a System.String. Because System.String are immutable what you want cannot be achieved. But you can add an extra level of indirection to achieve a similar behavior.

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. Butler Lampson

Sample in C# (Please be kind to edit to VB and remove this comment later):

public class Holder<T> {     public T Value { get; set; } }  ...  Holder<String> headerPath = new Holder<String>() { Value = 'this is a test' }; configMapping.Add('HEADERS_PATH', headerPath);  ...  ((Holder<String>)configMapping['HEADERS_PATH']).Value = 'this is a new test';  // headerPath.Value == 'this is a new test'