First, let me state that I’m working with the equivalent of Java 6, so newer techniques may not solve my issue.

I have a callout with a response object that contains a field called currentMode (it relates to payments). currentMode can have the following values: monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually.

I have a different callout that has a response with the following object and nested objects. I’m just going to include the values from a specific response:

"requested": {
    "eftOrCreditCardPremiumAmount": {
        "amt": 277.80
    },
    "monthlyPremiumAmount": {
        "amt": 285.80
    },
    "quarterlyPremiumAmount": {
        "amt": 833.40
    },
    "semiAnnuallyPremiumAmount": {
        "amt": 1666.80
    },
    "annuallyPremiumAmount": {
        "amt": 3333.60
    }
},

I need to display in my app the correct dollar amount based on the customer’s mode of payment. So if currentMode is monthly, I need to display the amt from monthlyPremiumAmount.

I’m thinking I can take the currentMode and somehow search the nested object names and see which object name begins with the string value for currentMode. But I’m drawing a blank on how to do it. All I can think of is having a bunch of if else statements – something like: if monthly get monthlyPremiumAmount, else if quarterly get quarterlyPremiumAmount, else if semiannually… You get the idea.

I’m sure there’s a more concise way to do what I need to do, isn’t there?