awt TextField nullPointerException error

[k2k]

hi, it is my first post here.

I am new learning how to make form and stuffs with awt. basically i did a form which save input from user to the text and i am now working on the reader to retrieve the info from the text back to the form for display.

i was successfully done getting the info out from the text, and if i just System.out.println(variable) they would come out no problem. however, if i used the variables and set them to the TextField it pops the following errors

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at Reader.readRecord(Reader.java:123)
	at Reader.actionPerformed(Reader.java:65)
	at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

:mad:


my read method is as follow:

public void readRecord()
	{
		int recNum;
		String name, address;
		double hours, rate, grossPay, fedTax, stateTax;
		char sex;
		int age;
		
		try
		{
			recNum = scanner.readInt();
			name= scanner.readUTF();
			address = scanner.readUTF();
			hours= scanner.readDouble();
			rate= scanner.readDouble();
			sex= scanner.readChar();
			age= scanner.readInt();
			
			
			
			//Emprec employee = new Emprec(name, address, hours, rate, sex, age);
			//grossPay= employee.calc_gross_pay();
			//fedTax= employee.calc_fed_tax(employee.getHours(), employee.getRate());
			//stateTax= employee.calc_state_tax(employee.getHours(), employee.getRate());
			//grossPay= employee.calc_gross_pay();
			
			
			System.out.println(recNum);
			System.out.println(name);
			System.out.println(address);
			System.out.println(hours);
			System.out.println(rate);
			System.out.println(sex);
			System.out.println(age);
			/*
			System.out.println(grossPay);
			System.out.println(fedTax);
			System.out.println(stateTax);
			*/
			
			recordNumF.setText(String.valueOf(recNum));
			nameF.setText(name);
			addressF.setText(address);
			hoursF.setText(String.valueOf(hours));
			rateF.setText(String.valueOf(rate));
			sexF.setText(String.valueOf(sex));
			ageF.setText(String.valueOf(age));
			//fedF.setText(String.valueOf(fedTax));
			//stateF.setText(String.valueOf(stateTax));
			//grossF.setText(String.valueOf(grossPay));		
		} // end try
		
		catch(EOFException eof)
		{
			closeFile();
			eof.toString();
		}
		
		catch(IOException io)
		{
			System.err.println("Error during read from file \n" + io.toString());
			System.exit(1);
		}
		
		
	}

if anyone may point out what might be wrong it would be great. thanks very much.

[Fubarable]

A NullPointerException tells you that you are trying to use an object that was never properly initialized, that is null. What you must do is look at the line that is throwing the exception (Reader.java:123 -- you can find this line; we can't), find out which object is null, and then look in your code and see why it is not initialized. Best of luck.

A guess: has the Scanner object been constructed properly?

[k2k]

maybe i should have posted the whole thing.. i spent hours couldn't figure it out wut was null... it is always saying line 123 is null.. i have commented where line 123 is... it really shouldn't be null there.. :(

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Reader extends Frame implements ActionListener
{
	private Emprec employee; 
	private TextField recordNumF, nameF, addressF, hoursF, rateF, sexF, ageF,
	fedF, stateF, grossF;
	private Button next, done;
	private DataInputStream scanner;
	
	
	// constructor
	public Reader()
	{
		super("Employee Information");
		
		try
		{
			scanner = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream("emp.txt"));
			//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "File Open Successfully");
		}
		
		catch(IOException e)
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "File not opened properly"+"\n"+
										  e.toString());
			System.exit(1);
		}
		
		setSize(500, 350);
		setLayout(new GridLayout(10,2));
		
		/////////////// add components ///////////////
		addField("Employee Record #", recordNumF);
		addField("Address", addressF);
		addField("Hours", hoursF);
		addField("Rate", rateF);
		addField("Sex", sexF);
		addField("Age", ageF);
		//addField("Gross Pay", grossF);
		//addField("Federal Tax", fedF);
		//addField("State Tax", stateF);
		
		next = new Button("Next Record");
		next.addActionListener(this);
		add(next);
		
		done = new Button("Done");
		done.addActionListener(this);
		add(done);
		
		
		setVisible(true);
		
	}// end reader constructor
	
	
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
	{
		if(e.getSource()== next)
		{
			readRecord();        // line 65
		}
		
		if(e.getSource()== done)
		{ 
			try{scanner.close();}
			
			catch(IOException io)
			{
				System.out.println("File not closed properly");
				System.exit(1);
			}
			System.exit(0);  
		}
		
	}
	
	
	public void readRecord()
	{
		int recNum;
		String name, address;
		double hours, rate, grossPay, fedTax, stateTax;
		char sex;
		int age;
		
		try
		{
			recNum = scanner.readInt();
			name= scanner.readUTF();
			address = scanner.readUTF();
			hours= scanner.readDouble();
			rate= scanner.readDouble();
			sex= scanner.readChar();
			age= scanner.readInt();
			
			
			
			//Emprec employee = new Emprec(name, address, hours, rate, sex, age);
			//grossPay= employee.calc_gross_pay();
			//fedTax= employee.calc_fed_tax(employee.getHours(), employee.getRate());
			//stateTax= employee.calc_state_tax(employee.getHours(), employee.getRate());
			//grossPay= employee.calc_gross_pay();
			
			
			System.out.println(recNum);
			System.out.println(name);
			System.out.println(address);
			System.out.println(hours);
			System.out.println(rate);
			System.out.println(sex);
			System.out.println(age);
			/*
			System.out.println(grossPay);
			System.out.println(fedTax);
			System.out.println(stateTax);
			*/
			
			recordNumF.setText(String.valueOf(recNum));  // line 123
			nameF.setText(name);
			addressF.setText(address);
			hoursF.setText(String.valueOf(hours));
			rateF.setText(String.valueOf(rate));
			sexF.setText(String.valueOf(sex));
			ageF.setText(String.valueOf(age));
			//fedF.setText(String.valueOf(fedTax));
			//stateF.setText(String.valueOf(stateTax));
			//grossF.setText(String.valueOf(grossPay));		
		} // end try
		
		catch(EOFException eof)
		{
			closeFile();
			eof.toString();
		}
		
		catch(IOException io)
		{
			System.err.println("Error during read from file \n" + io.toString());
			System.exit(1);
		}
		
		
	}
	
	public void closeFile()
	{
		try
		{
			scanner.close();
		}
		
		catch(EOFException eof)
		{
			closeFile();
		}
		
		catch(IOException e)
		{
			e.toString();
		}
	}
	
	
	
	
	// private help method for adding field 
	private void addField(String label, TextField field)
	{
		add(new Label(label));
		field = new TextField();
		field.setEditable(false);
		add(field);
	}
	
	/*
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		new Reader();
		
	}
	*/

} // end class Reader

[k2k]

uh -oh,, i think i got it. it was the stupid method addField() messed it up... thanks for all the help anyway.