[java] How do I invoke a Java method when given the method name as a string?

Indexing (faster)

You can use FunctionalInterface to save methods in a container to index them. You can use array container to invoke them by numbers or hashmap to invoke them by strings. By this trick, you can index your methods to invoke them dynamically faster.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Method {
    double execute(int number);
}

public class ShapeArea {
    private final static double PI = 3.14;

    private Method[] methods = {
        this::square,
        this::circle
    };

    private double square(int number) {
        return number * number;
    }

    private double circle(int number) {
        return PI * number * number;
    }

    public double run(int methodIndex, int number) {
        return methods[methodIndex].execute(number);
    }
}

Lambda syntax

You can also use lambda syntax:

public class ShapeArea {
    private final static double PI = 3.14;

    private Method[] methods = {
        number -> {
            return number * number;
        },
        number -> {
            return PI * number * number;
        },
    };

    public double run(int methodIndex, int number) {
        return methods[methodIndex].execute(number);
    }
}

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