java.lang.NullPointerException at autonomic.PbilMain.main(PbilMain.java:12)

[Felissa]

I have a class called Product. I would like to refer to objects of the class by index. eg.

Code:

public class PbilMain {

public static void main(String[] args) {
Product p[] = new Product[4];
p[1].description = "Another trial";
p[2].description = "Yet another trial";
p[3].description = "";
p[4].description = "";
}
}

Can anybody spot the problem. On running it, I get "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at autonomic.PbilMain.main(PbilMain.java:12)"

Thanks.

Felissa

[Daniel]

You declared space for the array but you still need to declare space for each element in the array. Also, remember that arrays are zero based. That means the first element in the array is [0] and the last is, in your case, [3]. Something like:

Code:

 public class PbilMain {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Product p[] = new Product[4];
 
         for( int i = 0; i < p.length; i++ )
             p[i] = new Product();
         
         p[0].description = "Another trial";
         p[1].description = "Yet another trial";
         p[2].description = "";
         p[3].description = "";
     }
 }

Greetings.

Daniel

[Felissa]

Thank you, I did what you said to me and it went out for me.

Thank you very much again.

Felissa