Using a returned string to call a method?

Question

I have an ArrayList and wish to be able to call an index and use the returned string for a method call.

e.g.

stringList.get(2)();

Is there any way I could go about this?

Answer 1

So you want the returned String to be used as the name of the method to call?

You can do that using reflection, but I'd strongly discourage this.

Instead you will want to look into implementing a strategy pattern for example.