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Thread: How can I have the user input the name of an object?

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    Default How can I have the user input the name of an object?

    I am making a theatre bookings system for some school work.

    I have variables A1, A2, A3, A4 etc... all of type AtoCSeat (Which I have created).

    I want the user to be able to remove a booking, however I cannot figure out how to have the user input the desired seat due to the variable not being a String and being of type AtoCSeat and therefore the Scanner not accepting it.


    I know this code won't work, but I was thinking something along the lines of:

    System.out.println("Which seat would you like to remove a booking for?");
            Scanner userInput = new Scanner(System.in);
            AtoCSeat userSelection = userInput.nextLine();       // won't work as nextLine() looks for Strings


    Can anybody help me please?
    Once I know how to get java to understand the user input of a seat, I can actually finish the rest of my program myself, it is just this...


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    Default Re: How can I have the user input the name of an object?

    AtoCSeat userSelection = userInput.nextLine();       // won't work as nextLine() looks for Strings

    The above will not work because the nextLine() method of scanner returns a String. If you wish to have AtoCSeat, you need a way to convert the returned String to an instance of this class. There are quite possible dozens of ways to do this. You could do so be writing an appropriate constructor, or if you have already created the instances somewhere else in your program, then you could initially map them using a Map keyed with the String value (see The Map Interface (The Java™ Tutorials > Collections > Interfaces) ) and retrieve the appropriate instance this way.

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    Default Re: How can I have the user input the name of an object?

    This has already been discussed with you on a different forum and you've been told that your original idea won't work for Java, that variable names are not what you need to concentrate on, that you need to deal with references including use of collections and possible use of Maps. Why are you ignoring previous advice and asking this question again, potentially wasting folks (including Copeg's) time? I think most would appreciate it if you at least provided links to your previous similar post so folks know what has already been discussed.

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