Java: Add elements to arraylist with FOR loop where element name has increasing number

Question

I have an arraylist where I want to add elements via a for loop.

Answer answer1;
Answer answer2;
Answer answer3;

ArrayList<Answer> answers = new ArrayList(3);

for (int i=0; i<3; i++)
{
    answers.add( /* HOWTO: Add each of the answers? */ );
}

How would this go if I have, let's say, 50 Answer elements?

Answer 1

You can't do it the way you're trying to... But you can perhaps do something like this:

List<Answer> answers = new ArrayList<Answer>();
for(int i=0; i < 4; i++){
  Answer temp = new Answer();
  // Do whatever initialization you need here
  answers.add(temp);
}

Answer 2

That can't be done with a for-loop, unless you use the Reflection API. However, you can use Arrays.asList instead to accomplish the same:

List<Answer> answers = Arrays.asList(answer1, answer2, answer3);