Jcombo/multi class help

[skuzzie]

Im making an applet in which you have a combo box, you then choose one of the options and the information is then displayed in the text areas.

This is what ive done so far, I know I have a few things messed up, but my book cant describe my problem and im lost. This is my first time using more then one class, which is where my problem is.

Errors:

shipwreck.java:173: incompatible types
found   : int
required: java.lang.String
		numberVictims = Integer.parseInt(victimsTf.getText());
		                                ^
shipwreck.java:205: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable yearOfWreck
location: class HelperClass
			yearOfWreck = yearArray[indexOfShip];
			^
shipwreck.java:211: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable victims
location: class HelperClass
			victims = victimsArray;
			^
shipwreck.java:212: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable victims
location: class HelperClass
			return victims;
			       ^
4 errors

/*	document segment
	filename:	shipwreck
	author:		walker
	date:		November.2010
*/

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

public class shipwreck extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{

	/* ----------------------------- declarations */

	// color objects
	Color black = new Color(0, 0, 0);
	Color white = new Color(255, 255, 255);

	// components
	JLabel famous;
	JComboBox shipCombo;

	JLabel nameOfShip;
	JTextField nameOfShipTf;

	JLabel yearOfWreck;
	JTextField yearOfWreckTf;
	
	JLabel victims;
	JTextField victimsTf;

	JButton enter;
	JButton clear;


	// variables
	String[] shipArray = {"Titanic", "E Fitzgerald", "Lusitania"};


	String nameOfShipp;
	String yearOfWreckk;
	String numberVictims;
	
	int shipIndex = 0; /* INDEX FOR JCOMBOBOX */

	// objects
	HelperClass shipLog; /* DECLARE HELPER CLASS */


	public void init()
	{
		setLayout(null);
		setSize(400, 400);

		/* ------------------- initialization */
		famous = new JLabel();
		famous.setBounds(50, 50, 100, 20);
		famous.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		famous.setText("Select a Fruit");
		famous.setForeground(black);
		famous.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
		add(famous);

		shipCombo = new JComboBox(shipArray);
		shipCombo.setBounds(150, 50, 100, 20);
		shipCombo.setForeground(black);
		shipCombo.setBackground(white);
		shipCombo.setMaximumRowCount(3);
		add(shipCombo);

		nameOfShip = new JLabel();
		nameOfShip.setBounds(50, 110, 100, 20);
		nameOfShip.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		nameOfShip.setText("Selected Fruit");
		nameOfShip.setForeground(black);
		nameOfShip.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
		add(nameOfShip);

		nameOfShipTf = new JTextField();
		nameOfShipTf.setBounds(150, 110, 100, 20);
		nameOfShipTf.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		nameOfShipTf.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		nameOfShipTf.setForeground(black);
		nameOfShipTf.setBackground(white);
		nameOfShipTf.setEditable(false);
		add(nameOfShipTf);

		yearOfWreck = new JLabel();
		yearOfWreck.setBounds(50, 140, 100, 20);
		yearOfWreck.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		yearOfWreck.setText("Fruit Price");
		yearOfWreck.setForeground(black);
		yearOfWreck.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
		add(yearOfWreck);

		yearOfWreckTf = new JTextField();
		yearOfWreckTf.setBounds(150, 140, 100, 20);
		yearOfWreckTf.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		yearOfWreckTf.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		yearOfWreckTf.setForeground(black);
		yearOfWreckTf.setBackground(white);
		yearOfWreckTf.setEditable(false);
		add(yearOfWreckTf);
		
		victims = new JLabel();
		victims.setBounds(50, 160, 100, 20);
		victims.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		victims.setText("Number of victims");
		victims.setForeground(black);
		victims.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
		add(victims);
		
		victimsTf = new JTextField();
		victimsTf.setBounds(150, 140, 100, 20);
		victimsTf.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		victimsTf.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
		victimsTf.setForeground(black);
		victimsTf.setBackground(white);
		victimsTf.setEditable(false);
		add(victimsTf);

		enter = new JButton();
		enter.setBounds(100, 300, 80, 20);
		enter.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		enter.setText("Enter");
		enter.setForeground(black);
		enter.setBackground(white);
		add(enter);
		enter.addActionListener(this);

		clear = new JButton();
		clear.setBounds(200, 300, 80, 20);
		clear.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
		clear.setText("Clear");
		clear.setForeground(black);
		clear.setBackground(white);
		add(clear);
		clear.addActionListener(this);

	}

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
	{
		Object obj = event.getSource();
		if(obj == enter)
		{
			getSelectedShip();
		}
		else if(obj == clear)
		{
			clearAll();
		}
	}

	public void getSelectedShip()
	{
		shipIndex = shipCombo.getSelectedIndex();		/* GET THE INDEX OF SELECTED ITEM */
		nameOfShipp = shipArray[shipIndex];				/* GET THE NAME OF SELECTED ITEM */
		nameOfShipTf.setText("" + nameOfShip);
		shipLog = new HelperClass(shipIndex);			/* SEND VALUE OF INDEX TO HELPER CLASS */
		getYear();
	}

	public void getYear()
	{
		yearOfWreckk = shipLog.getYear();				/* CALL TO HELPER CLASS FOR PRICE */
		yearOfWreckTf.setText("" + yearOfWreck);
		getVictim();
	}
	public void getVictim()
	{
		numberVictims = Integer.parseInt(victimsTf.getText());
		victimsTf.setText("" + victims);
	
	}

	public void clearAll()
	{
		shipCombo.setSelectedIndex(0);					/* SETS JCOMBOBOX BACK TO FIRST ITEM */
		nameOfShipTf.setText("");
		yearOfWreck.setText("");
		victimsTf.setText("");
	}
} /* END OF INTERFACE CLASS */

/* WHITE SPACE */

class HelperClass /* HELPER CLASS */
{
	
	String[] yearArray = {"1912", "1975", "1915"}; 
	int indexOfShip;

	int[] victimsArray = {1503, 29, 1198}; 

	public HelperClass(int indexValue)
	{
			indexOfShip = indexValue;
			getYear();
	}
	
	public String getYear()
	{
			yearOfWreck = yearArray[indexOfShip];
			getVictims();
	}
	
	public int getVictims()
	{
			victims = victimsArray;
			return victims;
	}
			

}

[Fubarable]

The errors are telling you just what is wrong. I'll bet if you read them carefully and then review your code, you'll figure it out. If not, we can explain any areas of confusion -- just ask.

[Fubarable]

I have some other issues with your code. For instance this method here:

   public void getVictim() {
      numberVictims = Integer.parseInt(victimsTf.getText());
      victimsTf.setText("" + victims);

   }

The compiler is correctly complaining that numberVictims is a String variable and you're passing it an int value, but even more important, this appears to be a "getter" method", a method that is supposed to get and return a value from the class, but it returns void or nothing. Even more than that, if you fix your compiler errors, what does this method actually do? It appears to extract text from a JTextField, and then place the same text back in the same JTextField. But what are you trying to achieve by this?

Edit 1: Also, what is the following method trying to achieve? It's name suggests that it is going to return a year as a String, but it returns nothing and calls getVictims(). Again, what's your rationale behind the code?

   public String getYear() {
      yearOfWreck = yearArray[indexOfShip];
      getVictims();
   }

[Fubarable]

Also, what does "fruit" have to do with this application? :)

      famous = new JLabel();
      famous.setBounds(50, 50, 100, 20);
      famous.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
      famous.setText([color="red"][b]"Select a Fruit"[/b][/color][b][/b]);
      famous.setForeground(black);
      famous.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
      add(famous);

      shipCombo = new JComboBox(shipArray);
      shipCombo.setBounds(150, 50, 100, 20);
      shipCombo.setForeground(black);
      shipCombo.setBackground(white);
      shipCombo.setMaximumRowCount(3);
      add(shipCombo);

      nameOfShip = new JLabel();
      nameOfShip.setBounds(50, 110, 100, 20);
      nameOfShip.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
      nameOfShip.setText([color="red"][b]"Selected Fruit"[/b][/color][b][/b]);
      nameOfShip.setForeground(black);
      nameOfShip.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
      add(nameOfShip);

(sorry, couldn't help myself on this one :))