Naming Classes based off of String variables?

why?

> room.add(name);

Which variable is 'room'?

'room' is a vector and 'Room' is a class.  (Okay, perhaps I should rename these to reduce potential confusion.)  I am wanting to create specfic "Room" classes that are named according to what the user enters as room-names.  Perhaps this is not the best way of accomplishing what is needed in this program.  Even so, I would like to know what to do such a thing in Java (if it is indeed possible).

Here is a longer portion of the code.  This includes both the RoomManager Class and the (beginnings of the) Room Class.  If anything needs clarification, please ask.

Thanks again.


class RoomManager{
  Vector room = new Vector();
  int num_rooms=0;

  RoomManager(){
    int num_rooms=0;
  }

  public void newRoom(String name){
    try{
    Room /*whatever "name" is*/ = new Room();
    num_rooms++;
    room.add(name);
    }
    catch(Exception e){
      System.err.println(e);
    }
  }

  public int getRoomNum(){
    return num_rooms;
  }

  public String getRmName(int i){
    try{
      return room.get(i).toString();
    }
    catch(NullPointerException e){
      return "No rooms.";
    }
  }

  public void processRmName(String name){
    try{
      System.out.println("Processing neme ... " + name);
      int i=0;
      for(i=0;i<num_rooms;i++){
        if(name.equals(getRmName(i))){
          //add user to room
          break;
        }
      }

      if (i==num_rooms){
        //add new room
        newRoom(name);
        //and put user in it
      }

      else
        System.out.println("Check this");

      System.out.println("num rooms: " + getRoomNum());

     }
    catch(NullPointerException e){
      System.err.println(e);
    }
  }
}


class Room{
  //The members are IDed by their socket information
  Vector members = new Vector();

  int numMembers=0;

  void addMember(Socket sock){
    numMembers++;
    members.add(sock);
  }
}

Or, have a hashtable, and add the rooms in with the name as the key...

--------------------------------------------------

Hashtable roomHash = new Hashtable() ;

public void newRoom(String name)
{
  try
  {
    Room rm = new Room();
    if( roomHash.get( name ) != null )
      System.err.println( "Warning, overwriting a room called " + name ) ;
    roomHash.put( name, rm ) ;
  }
  catch(Exception e)
  {
    System.err.println(e);
  }
}

public int countRooms()
{
  return roomHash.size() ;
}

public Room getRoom( String name )
{
  return (Room)roomHash.get( name ) ;
}

Thanks.  Your solution worked well.

Excellent :)