How to automate the initialization of variables

[Norm]

automate the initialization of the instance variable "series".

Variable names are defined at compile time.
You can create new "named" variables by using a Map. The Map's key can be treated as the variable name.

String name = "series";
for(int i=0; i < nbrOfSeries; i++) {
  name += i;  // build new name for this one
  XYSeries aSeries = new XYSeries("Series " + i);  // create the instance
  aSeries.add(....);   // fill with data
   ...
  theMap.put(name, aSeries);  // Save the reference
}