Java get variable by string

[Bigbacon]

I am not a java person so I am trying to figure this out.

I want to be able to get an object by using a string to get it.

I may not be explaining that well so I'll try to explain the only way I know how.

So in VB.net you can do something like

Dim b as textbox = form1.findControl(String) C# has a similar thing as well.

Is there a java equivalent to this?

 

[amromousa]

You could always use a hashmap

Map<String, MyType> foo = new HashMap<String, MyType>();

foo.put("blah", new MyType());

later..

MyType something = foo.get("blah");