Java - How to set String as static int

Question

I have a method that accepts only a String.

public void setVerticalAlignment(String align) {
            ...
    gd.verticalAlignment = align;   // accepts only          


        

Answer 1

Sounds like you want a map:

// Ideally use ImmutableMap from Guava
private static final Map ALIGNMENTS = mapAlignments();

private static final Map mapAlignments() {
    Map ret = new HashMap();
    ret.put ("SWT.TOP", SWT.TOP);
    // etc
    return ret;
}

Then you can just fetch from the map (and unbox) later.

Or, better, change your method declaration to avoid this in the first place :)