Question

How do I cycle through an array in Java pt. 2

Asked by: shenanigans

I'm doing the same thing as another poster, but my array is made in the main method

public static void main(String[] args)
 
{
    Cartestadd[] carArray = new Cartestadd[1];
    for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
{
	carArray[i] = new Cartestadd();
 
    String stockNumberString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter the stock number: ");
    int stockNumber = Integer.parseInt(stockNumberString); //function that converts strng to int
    carArray[i].setStockNumber(stockNumber);
 
     String stockNameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock name: ");
     carArray[i].setStockName(stockNameString);
 
 
     String inStockString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter number of units in stock: ");
     int inStock = Integer.parseInt(inStockString);
     carArray[i].setInStock(inStock);
 
    String stockPriceString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock price per unit: ");
    double stockPrice = Double.parseDouble(stockPriceString);
    carArray[i].setStockPrice(stockPrice);
 
 
 
 
}
 
for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, carArray[i].toString());
 
int i = 0;
 
JFrame frame = new Inventorytest();
 
 
//JButton jbtOK = new JButton(carArray[i].toString());
//frame.add(jbtOK);
 
frame.setTitle("Inventory program");
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
 
 
 
 
}

                                  
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2009-10-28 at 01:40:04ID24850062
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New to Java Programming

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Answers

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:41:08ID: 25680982

I have the buttonhandler classes at the bottom:

public Inventorytest()
	{
		super("Inventory");
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text = new JTextArea(carArray[0].toString());
        add(text);
 
		firstButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(firstButton);
 
		prevButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(prevButton);
 
		nextButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(nextButton);
 
		lastButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(lastButton);
 
		ButtonHandler first = new ButtonHandler();
		ButtonHandler2 prev = new ButtonHandler2();
		ButtonHandler3 next = new ButtonHandler3();
		ButtonHandler4 last = new ButtonHandler4();
 
		firstButton.addActionListener(first);
		prevButton.addActionListener(prev);
		nextButton.addActionListener(next);
		lastButton.addActionListener(last);
 
	}
 
	//First button that displays the first object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f)
		{
 
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler2 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent p)
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(Inventorytest.this, String.format("You pressed: PREVIOUS"));
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler3 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent n)
		{
 
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	//Last button that displays last object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler4 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent l)
		{
			counter = carArray.length - 1;
 
		    text.setText(carArray[counter].toString());
		}
	}
 
}
                                              
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by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:41:48ID: 25680984

I get these errors at compile

C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:84: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable carArray
location: class Inventorytest
		text = new JTextArea(carArray[0].toString());
		                     ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:117: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable carArray
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:135: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable carArray
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler3
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable carArray
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
			counter = carArray.length - 1;
			          ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:147: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable carArray
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
		    text.setText(carArray[counter].toString());
		                 ^
5 errors
 
Tool completed with exit code 1

                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:45:38ID: 25681001

carArray should be either passed to the inner classes as an argument or should be a member of variable on the enclosing class.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:46:22ID: 25681005

how would that work out?

 

by: Ajay-SinghPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:50:35ID: 25681034

You can pass the array on the constructor and store it as
member variable in Inventorytest class.

JFrame frame = new Inventorytest(carArray);

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:54:00ID: 25681055

so I need to make the Inventorytest() an Inventorytest(arg)?

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:54:48ID: 25681058

I would recommend that you keep this as a member variable of the class InventoryTest. That way you will not have to handle each copy that you pass to the functions separately. Make sure you initialize the array before using it though (maybe in the constructor).

class InventoryTest
{
     private String[] cArray;
      ..............
     
}

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 01:55:24ID: 25681062

Just make it a private variable and make getters and setters for it.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 02:00:02ID: 25681079

I'm not getting what you're doing.  Do I make a new Inventorytest class?

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 02:01:36ID: 25681085

Since you already have a constructor  Inventorytest() I am guessing you would already have the class Inventorytest

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 02:02:39ID: 25681091

the entire file is Inventorytest

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
public class Inventorytest extends JFrame
 
{
	private JButton firstButton;
	private JButton prevButton;
	private JButton nextButton;
	private JButton lastButton;
	int counter = 0;
 
	//create text area in frame to display object
	JTextArea text;
 
 
public static void main(String[] args)
 
{
    Cartestadd[] carArray = new Cartestadd[1];
    for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
{
	carArray[i] = new Cartestadd();
 
    String stockNumberString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter the stock number: ");
    int stockNumber = Integer.parseInt(stockNumberString); //function that converts strng to int
    carArray[i].setStockNumber(stockNumber);
 
     String stockNameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock name: ");
     carArray[i].setStockName(stockNameString);
 
 
     String inStockString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter number of units in stock: ");
     int inStock = Integer.parseInt(inStockString);
     carArray[i].setInStock(inStock);
 
    String stockPriceString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock price per unit: ");
    double stockPrice = Double.parseDouble(stockPriceString);
    carArray[i].setStockPrice(stockPrice);
 
 
 
 
}
 
for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, carArray[i].toString());
 
int i = 0;
 
JFrame frame = new Inventorytest(carArray);
 
 
//JButton jbtOK = new JButton(carArray[i].toString());
//frame.add(jbtOK);
 
frame.setTitle("Inventory program");
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
 
 
 
 
}
 
public Inventorytest()
	{
		super("Inventory");
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text = new JTextArea(carArray[0].toString());
        add(text);
 
		firstButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(firstButton);
 
		prevButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(prevButton);
 
		nextButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(nextButton);
 
		lastButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(lastButton);
 
		ButtonHandler first = new ButtonHandler();
		ButtonHandler2 prev = new ButtonHandler2();
		ButtonHandler3 next = new ButtonHandler3();
		ButtonHandler4 last = new ButtonHandler4();
 
		firstButton.addActionListener(first);
		prevButton.addActionListener(prev);
		nextButton.addActionListener(next);
		lastButton.addActionListener(last);
 
	}
                                              
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by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 02:10:33ID: 25681122

should I change the
public Inventorytest()

to

public Inventorytest(arg)?

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 03:00:00ID: 25681363

public Inventorytest()

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 04:58:36ID: 25682222

so I put

String[] carArray;

along with the get/set in the

public Inventorytest()

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 20:23:51ID: 25690439

I put the

String[] carArray

in the

public Inventorytest()

and still get errors

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 20:37:27ID: 25690493

I changed

JFrame frame = new Inventorytest();

to

JFrame frame = new Inventorytest(carArray);

and changed

public Inventorytest(Cartestadd[] array)

now I have problems in the buttonhandler classes

C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:117: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:135: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler3
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
			counter = array.length - 1;
			          ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:147: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
		    text.setText(array[counter].toString());
		                 ^
4 errors
 
Tool completed with exit code 1
                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 21:39:59ID: 25690701

Can you post the code when you did this -

"so I put

String[] carArray;

along with the get/set in the

public Inventorytest()"

It is much simpler to do this.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:02:18ID: 25690781

public Inventorytest(Cartestadd[] array)
	{
		super("Inventory");
 
		String[] carArray;
 
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text = new JTextArea(array[0].toString());
        add(text);
 
		firstButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(firstButton);
 
		prevButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(prevButton);
 
		nextButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(nextButton);
 
		lastButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(lastButton);
 
		ButtonHandler first = new ButtonHandler();
		ButtonHandler2 prev = new ButtonHandler2();
		ButtonHandler3 next = new ButtonHandler3();
		ButtonHandler4 last = new ButtonHandler4();
 
		firstButton.addActionListener(first);
		prevButton.addActionListener(prev);
		nextButton.addActionListener(next);
		lastButton.addActionListener(last);
 
	}
 
	//First button that displays the first object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f)
		{
 
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler2 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent p)
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(Inventorytest.this, String.format("You pressed: PREVIOUS"));
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler3 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent n)
		{
 
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	//Last button that displays last object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler4 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent l)
		{
			counter = array.length - 1;
 
		    text.setText(array[counter].toString());
		}
	}
                                              
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by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:21:23ID: 25690851

how do I access the toString() method for the array of objects in the buttonhandler classe?

//First button that displays the first object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f)
		{
 
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
 
		}
	}

                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:28:23ID: 25690879

Correct me if I am wrong but array[0] is of type String, if that is the case then you donot need to do toString(). Just text.setText(array[0); would be sufficient.

What is the declaration of array?

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:31:37ID: 25690895

I tried

text.setText(array[0]);

but still got the
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:138: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler3
                text.setText(array[0]);

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
public class Inventorytest extends JFrame
 
{
	private JButton firstButton;
	private JButton prevButton;
	private JButton nextButton;
	private JButton lastButton;
	int counter = 0;
 
	//create text area in frame to display object
	JTextArea text;
 
 
public static void main(String[] args)
 
{
    Cartestadd[] carArray = new Cartestadd[1];
    for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
{
	carArray[i] = new Cartestadd();
 
    String stockNumberString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter the stock number: ");
    int stockNumber = Integer.parseInt(stockNumberString); //function that converts strng to int
    carArray[i].setStockNumber(stockNumber);
 
     String stockNameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock name: ");
     carArray[i].setStockName(stockNameString);
 
 
     String inStockString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter number of units in stock: ");
     int inStock = Integer.parseInt(inStockString);
     carArray[i].setInStock(inStock);
 
    String stockPriceString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock price per unit: ");
    double stockPrice = Double.parseDouble(stockPriceString);
    carArray[i].setStockPrice(stockPrice);
 
 
 
 
}
 
for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, carArray[i].toString());
 
int i = 0;
 
JFrame frame = new Inventorytest(carArray);
 
 
//JButton jbtOK = new JButton(carArray[i].toString());
//frame.add(jbtOK);
 
frame.setTitle("Inventory program");
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
 
 
 
 
}
 
public Inventorytest(Cartestadd[] array)
	{
		super("Inventory");
 
		String[] carArray;
 
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text = new JTextArea(array[0].toString());
        add(text);
 
		firstButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(firstButton);
 
		prevButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(prevButton);
 
		nextButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(nextButton);
 
		lastButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(lastButton);
 
		ButtonHandler first = new ButtonHandler();
		ButtonHandler2 prev = new ButtonHandler2();
		ButtonHandler3 next = new ButtonHandler3();
		ButtonHandler4 last = new ButtonHandler4();
 
		firstButton.addActionListener(first);
		prevButton.addActionListener(prev);
		nextButton.addActionListener(next);
		lastButton.addActionListener(last);
 
	}
 
	//First button that displays the first object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f)
		{
 
		    text.setText(carArray[0]);
 
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler2 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent p)
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(Inventorytest.this, String.format("You pressed: PREVIOUS"));
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler3 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent n)
		{
 
		    text.setText(array[0]);
 
		}
	}
 
	//Last button that displays last object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler4 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent l)
		{
			counter = array.length - 1;
 
		    text.setText(array[counter].toString());
		}
	}
 
}
                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:35:36ID: 25690915

Can you post the class - Cartestadd??

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:36:48ID: 25690923

Cartestadd extends Cartest

public class Cartestadd extends Cartest
 
{
	public double reStock = 0.0;
 
	public double Cartestadd()
	{
		reStock = 0.0;
	    return reStock;
	}
 
	public double Cartestadd (double fee)
	{
		reStock = fee;
		return reStock;
	}
 
	public double getReStock()
	{
		return getTotalValue() * .05;
	}
 
	public String toString()
	{
		return "StockID: " + getStockNumber() + '\n' +
		"Stock name: " + getStockName() + '\n' +
		"Units in stock: " + getInStock() + '\n' +
	    "Price per unit: " + getStockPrice() +
 
	    '\n' + "Total stockValue: " + getTotalValue() +
	    '\n' + "restocking fee:" + getReStock();
    }
}
                                              
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by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:37:34ID: 25690929

here's Cartest

public class Cartest //public class declaration
 
{
private int stockNumber;
private String stockName;
private int inStock;
private double stockPrice;
private double totalValue;
 
public Cartest()
{
  stockNumber = 0;
  stockName = " ";
  inStock = 0;
  stockPrice = 0.0;
  totalValue = 0.0;
} //end constructor set to default
 
public Cartest(int stockNum, String name, int num, double price)  //arguments
 
{
 
 
 
 stockNumber = stockNum;
 stockName = name;
 inStock = num;
 stockPrice = price;
 totalValue = inStock * stockPrice; //not argument calculated file
}//end argument requirements
 
 
 
public void setStockNumber(int stockNum)
{
   stockNumber = stockNum;
}
 
public int getStockNumber()
{return stockNumber;}
 
public void setStockName(String name)
{
  stockName = name;
}
 
public String getStockName()
{return stockName;}
 
public void setInStock(int num)
{
  inStock = num;
}
 
public int getInStock()
{
	return inStock;
}
 
public void setStockPrice(double price)
{
  stockPrice = price;
}
 
public double getStockPrice()
{
	return stockPrice;
}
 
public double getTotalValue()
{
  return inStock * stockPrice;
 
}
public String toString()
{
	return "StockID: " + getStockNumber() + '\n' +
	"Stock name: " + getStockName() + '\n' +
	"Units in stock: " + getInStock() + '\n' +
    "Price per unit: " + getStockPrice() +
 
    '\n' + "Total stockValue: " + getTotalValue();
}
 
} //end class
                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:52:38ID: 25690978

Have a look at the changes

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
public class Inventorytest extends JFrame
 
{
	private JButton firstButton;
	private JButton prevButton;
	private JButton nextButton;
	private JButton lastButton;
	int counter = 0;
	Cartestadd[] carArray;
 
	//create text area in frame to display object
	JTextArea text;
 
 
public static void main(String[] args)
 
{
    Cartestadd[] carArray = new Cartestadd[1];
    for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
{
	carArray[i] = new Cartestadd();
	Cartestadd carArray2 = new Cartestadd();
 
    String stockNumberString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter the stock number: ");
    int stockNumber = Integer.parseInt(stockNumberString); //function that converts strng to int
    ((Cartestadd)carArray[i]).setStockNumber(stockNumber);
 
     String stockNameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock name: ");
     ((Cartestadd)carArray[i]).setStockName(stockNameString);
 
 
     String inStockString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter number of units in stock: ");
     int inStock = Integer.parseInt(inStockString);
     ((Cartestadd)carArray[i]).setInStock(inStock);
 
    String stockPriceString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Enter stock price per unit: ");
    double stockPrice = Double.parseDouble(stockPriceString);
    ((Cartestadd)carArray[i]).setStockPrice(stockPrice);
 
 
 
 
}
 
for (int i = 0; i < carArray.length; i++)
   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, carArray[i].toString());
 
int i = 0;
 
JFrame frame = new Inventorytest(carArray);
 
 
//JButton jbtOK = new JButton(carArray[i].toString());
//frame.add(jbtOK);
 
frame.setTitle("Inventory program");
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
 
 
 
 
}
 
public Inventorytest(Cartestadd[] array)
	{
		super("Inventory");
 
		carArray = array;
 
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text = new JTextArea(array[0].toString());
        add(text);
 
		firstButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(firstButton);
 
		prevButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(prevButton);
 
		nextButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(nextButton);
 
		lastButton = new JButton("First Item");
		add(lastButton);
 
		ButtonHandler first = new ButtonHandler();
		ButtonHandler2 prev = new ButtonHandler2();
		ButtonHandler3 next = new ButtonHandler3();
		ButtonHandler4 last = new ButtonHandler4();
 
		firstButton.addActionListener(first);
		prevButton.addActionListener(prev);
		nextButton.addActionListener(next);
		lastButton.addActionListener(last);
 
	}
 
	//First button that displays the first object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f)
		{
 
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler2 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent p)
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(Inventorytest.this, String.format("You pressed: PREVIOUS"));
		}
	}
 
	private class ButtonHandler3 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent n)
		{
 
		    text.setText(carArray[0].toString());
 
		}
	}
 
	//Last button that displays last object in the array
	private class ButtonHandler4 implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent l)
		{
			counter = carArray.length - 1;
 
		    text.setText(carArray[counter].toString());
		}
	}
 
}
                                              
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by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 22:54:57ID: 25690982

do I have to pas carArray to the buttonhandler classes as well?

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:01:44ID: 25691002

Since you made the array a member variable of inventorytest, the buttonhandler has direct access to it. So you donot need to pass it.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:08:26ID: 25691022

then why do I keep getting these errors?

C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:117: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:135: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler3
		    text.setText(array[0].toString());
		                 ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
			counter = array.length - 1;
			          ^
C:\Users\Charles\Desktop\Inventorytest.java:147: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable array
location: class Inventorytest.ButtonHandler4
		    text.setText(array[counter].toString());
		                 ^
4 errors
 
Tool completed with exit code 1

                                              
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by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:11:04ID: 25691031

have you had a look at the source code that I posted???????

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:14:01ID: 25691042

ahhhhhhhh....

that makes sense.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:24:39ID: 25691077

make the Cartest[] carArray a global.  kk

so how would the navigation work?

like for previous/next object?

 

by: a_bPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:33:09ID: 25691102

Loop through the array.

 

by: shenanigansPosted on 2009-10-28 at 23:51:32ID: 25691152

kk.  I got the buttons working too.  good stuff.  THANKS FOR YOU HELP!!!

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