Naming a new object after a string?

java

Solution

No, this is not possible in Java; you cannot create variables at runtime. You could, however, maintain a `Map` that maps `String` identifiers to their corresponding `Being`s. i.e.

Map<String, Being> map = new HashMap<String, Being>();
...
name = "b" + Integer.toString(count);
map.put(name, new Being());
count++;

Note that I have assumed a more conventional name: `Being` as opposed to `being`.

Problem

I want to have a method that will create an object of the class being and automatically name it `"b1"` for the first object, `"b2"` for the second, and so on. Can I use a `String` as the name of a new object? If it's possible, how do I do it? ``` class being { static int count = 0; String name; void createbeing(){ name = "b" + Integer.toString(count); being name = new being(); //Here I want to insert the String name as the name of the object count++; } } ```

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