returning declared object name

[rotaryfreak]

Hi,

when i create an object, is there a way to return the name of that declared object? for example, if i create

ClassObject demo = new ClassObject();

how can i return the name of my object, namely "demo" as a string?

i've tried playing around with the fact that i can obtain the class name from my object, but i can not seem to find any methods that i need... can anyone guide me please?

thanks
joe

[chaarmann]

Read about Introspection, you could wrap all your classes in another class, let's say AllObjects, and investigate that class.

 
Class AllObjects
{
 ClassObject demo = new ClassObject();
 ClassObject demo2 = new ClassObject();
 ...
}

...
foo = new AllObjects();
System.out.println(foo.getClass().getFields());
...

But probably what you want is much easier to achieve:
Just pass a name for the constructor and write a getName() method!

 
ClassObject demo = new ClassObject("myName");
...
String name= demo.getName();
...

Class ClassObject()
{
  public String name;
 public void ClassObject(String name)
 {
   this.name=name;
 }
 public string getName()
 {
   return name;
 }
}

[rotaryfreak]

thank you so much! extremely helpful!