Functions as private member variables in java

Question

I'm designing a type of Monopoly game to practice my Java skills.

I want there to be a "Space" class to represent a space on the game board. Something like this.

public class Space{

    private Player [] occupants;
    private String name;

    public Space(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }

} 

I am coming from a python background, so if I were doing it that way, I would probably initialize each space with some sort of "action" function, unique to each path. So Something like this.

class Space():
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.action = None

GO_SPACE = Space()
def GO_ACTION():
    ## do some processing
GO_SPACE.action = GO_ACTION 

Essentially assigning functions at run time to the Space object. I can't remember if I got the syntax just right, but hopefully it is clear what I am trying to do. Each space has its own unique function to process the actions when a player lands on it.

I am still open to changing the architectural direction of things, but how would I do something like this in Java? I admit, my knowledge of Java is a bit rusty, but my first thought was to try and assign a private member variable a function somehow... Is this approach way off? I can't remember if Java has functions as objects or anything like it.

Answer 1

I don't see why you need this to be dynamic. Why not something like this:

public abstract class Space {
    // name etc.
    public abstract void action(); 
}

public class GoSpace extends Space {
    public void action() { 
       // collect 200 dollars
    }
}

etc.