try catch problem

[g123456]

Well i am loading an array i have saved as file with serialization and deserialization but the problem is that the mothods i am using... (buffer etc) are using a try catch statement


so practicaly anything i did inside the

try {

//load the array here which loads succesfully but cant be used outside try catch

{
catch(exception a)
{
System.out.println("problem");
}

so basically i cant use the array i have loaded outside the try catch what should i do? i need the array outputs for string manipulation and string manipulation with more than 1 element of an array gives me errors when its inside the try catch statement... and i rather not move all my code inside a try catch so if possible give me a solution on how to get the array outside the try catch

[PhHein]

String[] yourArray = null // <------------- Initialze here!
try {
  yourArray = //load the array here which loads succesfully but cant be used outside try catch

{
catch(exception a)
{
   a.printStackTrace(); // <---------------------------- USE THAT!
}

[g123456]

its not an Array its an ArrayList sorry forgot to mention will this still work? i am gonna give it a shot


and the arraylist is already initialized outside the try catch

what i did is fill arraylist then save it then clear all arraylist slots then again load using the try catch statment and now trying to check what i have loaded outside the try catch though.. inside try catch it seems that saving / loading works

[g123456]

nothing happened.. with printstacktrace()

[g123456]

nothing happened.. with printstacktrace()

my code

final ArrayList books = new ArrayList(1); //final because its used inside mouse, action events

books.add(0, "dark tower by the author Stephen King");
books.add(1, "harry potter by the author J.K.Rowling");

try
{
FileOutputStream save = new FileOutputStream(fileOutput);
			            ObjectOutputStream z = new ObjectOutputStream(save);
			            z.writeObject(books);
			            z.close();
}
catch(Exception bla)
{

}


//now loading it again


try
{

//before loading clearing the array

books.set(0, null);
books.set(1, null);

//loading
                            fileToLoad = new FileInputStream("save.dat");
                            ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(fileToLoad);
                            ArrayList books = (ArrayList) s.readObject();
			    s.close();
}
catch(Exception blabla)
{
   blabla.printstacktrace()
}


String l = books.get(0); //and heres where the problem begins cant get the "dark towers by stephen king" element... it says null in 0 
int stringLength = l.length();
.... and other string manipulation things....

[Norm]

ArrayList books = (ArrayList) s.readObject();

You've defined the variable books again in the try block. Change the statement by removing "ArrayList"

books = (ArrayList) s.readObject();

[g123456]

You've defined the variable books again in the try block. Change the statement by removing "ArrayList"

forgot to tell my ArrayList is "final" when initialized cause i am using it inside action events and loops

[Norm]

Sorry, missed the final on the definition. That means you can't change what the variable books refers to but you can change the contents of the object that books refers to.

One solution would be to read into an temp object and copy its contents to the object books points to.

[g123456]

yeah already did i made one new object to carry the data outside the try catch statement and it worked but afterward i found out that i had several naive mistakes that lead to these problems ( some final variables, that shouldn't be )
and some extra try catch statements in some string manipulations such as indexof and others that in general didn't allow me manipulate the arraylist as i wanted to...

anyways thanks

one year now learning java and i still sometimes do naive mistakes sorry :(:(:(