Creating methods dynamically in a loop

Question

I want to do something like this:

for(int i = 0; i<5;i++)
    {
        public void test[i]()
        {
            System.out.println(i);
        }   
    }

Can I even create methods like this? I know it requires an array but I have read everywhere about method arrays and it doesn't do it like I want it to.

I don't want to make several methods and then save them in an array, I want to create methods in a loop, and I don't know how to do this.

I need it so I can make as many methods I want of this certain method, instead of writing 100 methods.

First of all you cannot create even a normal method in a loop like that. Secondly you need to be more specific, what exactly you want to do. Keep aside the method for a while. — Rohit Jain, Oct 26 '12 at 10:05
Why create duplicate method? I think its not possible in Java. You can call the same method several times. — Subir Kumar Sao, Oct 26 '12 at 10:05
And how do you intend to call these methods you're creating? — Tudor, Oct 26 '12 at 10:06
Why can't you just remove that method, and just let the `sysout` do its work? — Rohit Jain, Oct 26 '12 at 10:06
Reason why i cant just remove that method is because obviously the syso isnt the only thing im doing in those methods To Tudor, i intend on calling them in some way like this method[0](); method[1](); method[2](); — Ploug, Oct 26 '12 at 10:27
These things are not "obvious" to us. The more information you can supply, the better the answers will be. — Duncan Jones, Oct 26 '12 at 10:32
Ye i see that, sorry for saying "obviously". But i intended to do alot more than just syso inside it. Anyways i had a brainfart and i realised what i could do, so i got my answer myself. I wanted to make an array of methods because in 5 methods i had 5 buffered images, But realised i could just make 1 method with a BufferedImageArray like this BufferedImage[]. Thanks anyway :) — Ploug, Oct 26 '12 at 10:34
Are we talking about method reflection here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reflect/index.html — enkor, Oct 26 '12 at 10:36
Ok. Please answer your own question so that others know the issue is solved. Or accept Sumit's answer, which seems reasonable. — Duncan Jones, Oct 26 '12 at 10:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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No you can't create Array of method in java

But This sort of thing tends to be done with anonymous subclasses.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Oct 26 '12 at 10:07

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