public class World
{
    Area CurrentArea;
    Area PreviousArea;
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    public void goToArea(Area whichArea)
    {
        PreviousArea = CurrentArea;
        CurrentArea = whichArea;
    }
}


public class Area
{
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    String description;//tells the person about the area, like "you find yourself in a dungeon" or stuff like that
    String name;
    boolean canWarehouse;//please don't comment on this stupidly long list
    boolean canRoof;
    boolean canBasement;
    boolean canRoom;
    boolean canDocks;
    boolean canBoat;
    boolean canShip;
    boolean canBridge;
    boolean canUtil;
    boolean canHeater;
    public Area(String aDescription, String aName, boolean warehouse, boolean roof, boolean basement, boolean pirateRoom, boolean docks, boolean ship, boolean boat, boolean bridge, boolean utilityRoom, boolean heaterRoom)//i know this is way inefficient
    {
        description = aDescription;
        name = aName;
        canWarehouse = warehouse;
        canRoof = roof;
        canBasement = basement;
        canPirateRoom = pirateRoom;
        canDocks = docks;
        canShip = ship;
        canBoat = boat;
        canBridge = bridge;
        canUtil = utilityRoom;
        canHeater = heaterRoom;
    }
    public void command(String command)
    {
        if (command == "examine")
        {
            System.out.println("What would you like to examine?");
            String jimmy = in.next();
            //now what? I want to reference all existing objects here to the String named jimmy to find any matches
        }
    }
}



public class Thing
{
    String name;
    String containerName;//which area it is in
    boolean taken = false;//did the person pick it up
    boolean takeable = false;//can the person pick it up
    boolean local = false;//is it in the current area
    boolean moveable = false;//can it be moved
    boolean openable = false;//can it be opened
    boolean attackable = false;//can it be attacked
    String examine;//what is the object's description when examined
    
    
    public Thing(String aName,String aContainer,boolean isTakeable,boolean isLocal,boolean isMoveable,boolean isOpenable,boolean isAttackable,String isExaminable)
    {
           containerName = aContainer;
           name = aName;
           takeable = isTakeable;
           local = isLocal;
           moveable = isMoveable;
           openable = isOpenable;
           attackable = isAttackable;
           examinable = isExaminable;
    }
    public void getObject()
    {
        if (takeable && local)
        {
               taken = true;
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("You cannot get this object");  
        }
    }
    public boolean getTaken()//checks if an object the user is trying to use has been picked up yet
    {
        return taken;  
    }
    public String getContainer()//returns the object's area it is in
    {
        return containerName;  
    }
}

for Area.Thing{if Thing.getName() == jimmy}{return Thing;}
"(" expected

Thing[] bob;
Array bob = new Array(10);
Thing ax = new Thing(...);
Thing crowbar = new Thing(...);
bob[0] = axe;
bob[1] = crowbar;

later on....
for World.bob{if Thing.getName() == jimmy}{return Thing;}

<Xml.Serialization.XmlInclude(GetType(OsOp))> <System.Serializable()> Public Class map
    Private oses As New ArrayList
    Public selected As Boolean
    Public name As String
    Public discription As String
    Public Sub toggle()
        selected = Not selected
    End Sub
    Public Sub addOsOp(ByVal item As OsOp)
        oses.Add(item)
    End Sub
    Public Function getOsOp(ByVal toString As String) As OsOp
        For Each item As OsOp In oses
            If item.ToString = toString Then
                Return item
            End If
        Next
        Return Nothing
    End Function
    Public Sub deleteOsOp(ByVal item As String)
        Dim tmp As New OsOp
        tmp = getOsOp(item)
        oses.Remove(tmp)
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class OsOp
    '
    'This class is used to hold the operations that apply to one os inside of the more general map files
    'Features:
    '   Single Files
    '   Directories
    '   File Extentions (Search the entire disk for them)
    Public files As New ArrayList
    Public directories As New ArrayList
    Public extentions As New ArrayList
    Public fromOS As New ArrayList
    Public Sub New()
    End Sub
    Public Sub New(ByVal old As OsOp)
        'HACK HACK HACK
        'If I could figure out how to make it go by value when this is passed between functions I wouldnt need to do this hack;)
        'Considering the # of times that this object is dealt with, it should not be a problem
        '
        Dim str As New IO.MemoryStream
        Dim xml As New Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(OsOp))
        xml.Serialize(str, old)
        Dim tmp As OsOp
        str.Seek(0, IO.SeekOrigin.Begin)
        tmp = CType(xml.Deserialize(str), OsOp)
        str.Close()
        files = tmp.files
        directories = tmp.directories
        extentions = tmp.extentions
        fromOS = tmp.fromOS
    End Sub
    Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
        fromOS.Sort()
        Dim tmp As String = ""
        For Each os As String In fromOS
            tmp += os + ", "
        Next
        tmp = tmp.Substring(0, tmp.LastIndexOf(","))
        Return tmp
    End Function
    Public Shared Operator +(ByVal one As OsOp, ByVal two As OsOp) As OsOp
        Dim returnVar As New OsOp
        returnVar.directories.AddRange(one.directories)
        returnVar.directories.AddRange(two.directories)
        returnVar.extentions.AddRange(one.extentions)
        returnVar.extentions.AddRange(two.extentions)
        returnVar.files.AddRange(one.files)
        returnVar.files.AddRange(two.files)
        returnVar.fromOS.AddRange(one.fromOS)
        returnVar.fromOS.AddRange(two.fromOS)
        Return returnVar
    End Operator
End Class