Array Required, but java.lang.String found

Hey guys. First time visitor so hey once again ^^.
Im trying to create a script that will let me store specific data in a set of objects using an arraylist, but have seemed to have hit a wall. with the error

Array Required, but java.lang.String found

Code:

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ArrayList<String> gates = new ArrayList<String>(200);

public void loadGates() {
        Connection con = null;
        String gateName = "";
        int xLoc;
        int yLoc;
        int zLoc;
        String gates ="";
        con = etc.getSQLConnection();
        try
        {
                count = 0;
                Statement st = con.createStatement();
                ResultSet counter =st.executeQuery("SELECT COUNT(*****) FROM gates");
                ResultSet res = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM *****");
                while(res.next())
                {
                        gateName =res.getString("gateName");
                        xLoc = res.getInt("*****");
                        yLoc = res.getInt("*****");
                        zLoc = res.getInt("*****");
                        gates[count]= new Gate(gateName,xLoc,yLoc,zLoc);
                        count++;
                }

        }
        catch(SQLException SQLException1)
        {
        log.info("SQL Error occured"+SQLException1);

        }
}

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Also, if it is also needed...

Code:

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public class Gate
{
        String GName;
        public int x;
        public int y;
        public int z;

    public Gate()
    {

    }

        public Gate(String gateName, int xLoc, int yLoc, int zLoc)
        {
                this.GName = gateName;
                this.x = xLoc;
                this.y = yLoc;
                this.z = zLoc;

        }

}

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This had really got me stumped.Could someone please explain whats goingon here and how to fix it?
Much thanks,
Raider00321

Quote:

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Originally Posted by raider00321

Array Required, but java.lang.String found

Code:

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        String gates ="";
                        gates[count]= new Gate(gateName,xLoc,yLoc,zLoc);

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I can understand why the compiler is complaining: you want to treat a String as if it were an array.

kind regards,

Jos

I thought that at first too, but that's not the case because that variable is an String, but is inside and object, which is a part of an array. So it should technically be ok. I still tried your suggestion however, but it did not fix the problem sadly.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by raider00321

I thought that at first too, but that's not the case because that variable is an String, but is inside and object, which is a part of an array. So it should technically be ok. I still tried your suggestion however, but it did not fix the problem sadly.

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But you said so yourself in your code: "String gates", that makes "gates" of type String; all the rest is simply incorrect. Your local variable "gates" hides your class member variable "gates" (in general that's A Bad Thing (tm)). Use "this.gates" in that method if you want to deal with the member array. Besides, that member variable "gates" is an ArrayList and you can't access its elements with the angular bracket notation.

kind regards,

Jos

Quote:

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Originally Posted by raider00321

I thought that at first too, but that's not the case because that variable is an String, but is inside and object, which is a part of an array. So it should technically be ok.

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As Jos has said, you've declared a variable as a String and are trying to use it as an array. This will never be OK. Period.

Quote:

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I still tried your suggestion however, but it did not fix the problem sadly.

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Then you've implemented the suggestion wrong. You may wish to show this attempt so we can help you further.

Sorry guys, its late... guess i didnt know what i was thinking(its too late to think)

But yeah, that was the problem. I did however have a similar error with the arrayList, but i took a shortcut by turning it into a normal array which seemed to work.

Thanks for the help guys!