Java ERROR

[d7om]

Hey Everyone,

I'm doing an assignment for my computer science course and I got stuck on an error and just thought you might make it clearer for me, i'm not asking that you do anything more than make it clearer, although i appreciate any extra help,

this is my code:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Parser
{
  private boolean success;
  private Parser.Scanner scanner;

  private Parser()
  {
  }

  public Parser(String paramString)
  {
    this.success = false;
    try
    {
      this.scanner = new Parser.Scanner(paramString);
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException localFileNotFoundException)
    {
      System.out.println("Unable to find file " + paramString);
      return;
    }

    while ((localLexeme = this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) != null)
    {
      Lexeme localLexeme;
      System.out.print("The scanner found a lexeme with source code \"" + localLexeme.getSource() + "\" at line ");
      System.out.println(localLexeme.getLineNumber() + " and assigned token " + localLexeme.getToken().name());
    }

    this.success = true;
  }

  public boolean isSuccessful()
  {
    return this.success;
  }

  private static class Scanner
  {
    private Scanner javaScanner;
    private Pattern pattern;
    private Matcher matcher;
    private String sourceLine;
    private int lineNumber;

    private Scanner()
    {
    }

    public Scanner(String paramString)
      throws FileNotFoundException
    {
      this.sourceLine = "";
      this.lineNumber = 0;
      this.javaScanner = new Scanner(new File(paramString));
    }

    public Lexeme getNextLexeme()
    {
      if (this.sourceLine.length() == 0)
      {
        if (!this.javaScanner.hasNextLine())
        {
          return null;
        }
        this.sourceLine = this.javaScanner.nextLine();
        this.lineNumber += 1;
      }

      this.pattern = Pattern.compile("\\s+");
      this.matcher = this.pattern.matcher(this.sourceLine);

      if (this.matcher.lookingAt())
      {
        this.sourceLine = this.sourceLine.substring(this.matcher.group().length());
      }

      for (Lexeme.Token localToken : Lexeme.Token.values())
      {
        this.pattern = Pattern.compile(localToken.getRegex());
        this.matcher = this.pattern.matcher(this.sourceLine);

        if (!this.matcher.lookingAt())
          continue;
        this.sourceLine = this.sourceLine.substring(this.matcher.group().length());
        return new Lexeme(this.matcher.group(), this.lineNumber, localToken);
      }

      return null;
    }
  }
}

and these are the errors I get:

Parser.java:30: cannot find symbol
symbol    :   variable localLexeme
location:  class Parser
            while   ((localLexeme  =  this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) !=null)

Parser.java:62: cannot find symbol
symbol    :    constructor Scanner(java.io.File)
location: class Parser.Scanner
               this.javaScanner = new Scanner(new File(paramString));

Parser.java:69: cannot find symbol


symbol    :    method hasNextLine()
location: class Parser.Scanner
                    this.sourceLine = this.javaScanner.hasNextLine();

I belive this is very easy, but i don't know why i'm not getting it!


thanx to who ever helps

[JosAH]

    while ((localLexeme = this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) != null)
    {
      Lexeme localLexeme;
      // ...
    }

and these are the errors I get:

Parser.java:30: cannot find symbol
symbol    :   variable localLexeme
location:  class Parser
            while   ((localLexeme  =  this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) !=null)

Parser.java:62: cannot find symbol
symbol    :    constructor Scanner(java.io.File)
location: class Parser.Scanner
               this.javaScanner = new Scanner(new File(paramString));

Parser.java:69: cannot find symbol


symbol    :    method hasNextLine()
location: class Parser.Scanner
                    this.sourceLine = this.javaScanner.hasNextLine();

You defined your localLexeme variable in the body of your while loop but you are trying to use it already in the while(<condition>) line which is outside of the body of the while loop; so do this instead:

    Lexeme localLexeme;
    while ((localLexeme = this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) != null)
    {
      // ...
    }

... or if you really want to go fancy you can do this:

    for (Lexeme localLexeme; (localLexeme = this.scanner.getNextLexeme()) != null; )
    {
      // ...
    }

About that Scanner class: rename it because inside of that class when you simply define 'Scanner' the compiler thinks you're talking about your own Scanner class, not the java.util.Scanner class.

kind regards,

Jos

[d7om]

Thank You so much for your help, the first tip worked very well, i don't know how i missed that.

"About that Scanner class: rename it because inside of that class when you simply define 'Scanner' the compiler thinks you're talking about your own Scanner class, not the java.util.Scanner class."

I'm so confused now, since i have too many scanners, i'll try to figure it out, but if you can help i'll be very thankful ;)

I hope other users can help with the other problems

Thanx

[JosAH]

Thank You so much for your help, the first tip worked very well, i don't know how i missed that.

"About that Scanner class: rename it because inside of that class when you simply define 'Scanner' the compiler thinks you're talking about your own Scanner class, not the java.util.Scanner class."

I'm so confused now, since i have too many scanners, i'll try to figure it out, but if you can help i'll be very thankful ;)

I hope other users can help with the other problems

Thanx

Basically the structure of your code is like this:

public class Parser {
   ...
   private static class Scanner { ... }
}

My advice was and still is that you rename that Scanner class.

kind regards,

Jos

[concer]

thanks for info, helpful for me...

[d7om]

Thanx for your help. this helped and it is now working properly


thanx