I am a novice Java programmer trying to use classes defined in a different file. So, I've written these two .java files:
First, there's MyLibrary.java:
package mymainprogram;
public class MyLibrary {
public class MyRecord {
int number;
char letter;
}
public static int TriplePlusThree(int input_number) {
return ((input_number*3) + 3);
}
}
Then, MyMainProgram.java:
package mymainprogram;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class MyMainProgram {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner keyread = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter Number to Process: ");
int num = keyread.nextInt();
int result = MyLibrary.TriplePlusThree(num);
System.out.println("3x + 3 = "+result);
String letters = "ABCDEFGHIJ";
MyLibrary.MyRecord[] TenRecs = new MyLibrary.MyRecord[10];
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
TenRecs[i].number = i; //NullPointerException here
TenRecs[i].letter = letters.charAt(i);
}
}
}
I had no problem getting the method to work just fine; now my goal is to create an array where each member of the array has an integer and character. (Note: I'm not looking for better ways to accomplish this objective; I'm merely using this trivial example to try to get this working).
When I tried to run my program, I got:
java.lang.NullPointerException
I researched this, and found this page, which says:
If we try to access the objects even before creating them, run time errors would occur. For instance, the following statement throws a NullPointerException during runtime which indicates that [this array] isn't yet pointing to [an] object. The objects have to be instantiated using the constructor of the class and their references should be assigned to the array elements in the following way.
studentArray[0] = new Student();
So, I tried to do that in my Main Program:
MyRecordArray[0] = new MyLibrary.MyRecord();
but that gives this error:
an enclosing instance that contains MyLibrary.MyRecord is required
That error message led me to this Stack Exchange question, which says:
you have to create an object of X class (outer class) and then use objX.new InnerClass() syntax to create an object of Y class.
X x = new X();
X.Y y = x.new Y();
So, in accordance with that answer, I've added these two lines to my program:
MyLibrary mylibrary = new MyLibrary();
MyLibrary.MyRecord myrecord = mylibrary.new MyRecord();
Those lines don't give any warnings or compilation errors, so I feel like I'm one step closer, but I'm still trying to figure out how to make an array. I know if I wanted to make an array of integers, I would simply do this:
int[] TenInts = new int[10];
So, I've tried things like:
myrecord[] TenRecs = new myrecord[10];
MyRecord[] TenRecs = new MyRecord[10];
But nothing is working, and I feel like I'm grasping at straws now. I get the feeling that the right set of eyes could solve this pretty quickly.
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