Question

Well I wrote some code and all I was doing was for loops, but changing which method I called. I tried using a for loop so it’d be a bit neater (and out of curiosity to see if it could be done), but it doesn’t compile when I do it this way, because it doesn’t recognize an item in an array as a method, I think. This is what I have:

String[] moveArray = {moveRight,moveDown,moveLeft,moveUp};
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    while (myWumpus.moveArray[i]) {
        myWumpus.moveArray[i];
        generator.updateDisplay();
    }
}

When I try compile I get

not a statement myWumpus.moveArray[i]();
';' expected myWumpus.moveArray[i]();

(It refers to the first statement in the while loop)

So, I think it’s maybe because I’m making it an Array of type String? Is there a type Method? Is this at all possible? Any solutions welcome :). Also, I can get it to work using 4 while loops, so you don’t need to show me that solution.

Answer 1

You cannot store methods directly in arrays. However you can store objects, which implement the same method differently. For example:

Mover[] moveArray = {new RightMover(), new DownMover() new LeftMover(), new UpMover() };
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    while (myWumpus.moveArray[i]) {
        moveArray[i].move();
        generator.updateDisplay();
    }
}