Accessing objects in array list

[kev670]

I'm building a simple music system which saves album info, currently command line but eventually an application. I create an object 'aCD' which adds all the album info. i then send the object to another class to be stored in an arrayList. Now i want to access that arrayList and use the information stored in the objects so i can say something like (object1.title) and return the title name i had for that object and i've no idea how. I apologise if i've used any incorrect terminology but any help would be much appreciated...

The code in main which creates the object aCD the sends the object to a class to store it.

        StorageSystem store = new StorageSystem(0);
        CD aCD;        

        title = "The White Album";
        artist = "The Beatles";
        playTime = 58;
        numOfTracks = 12; 
        
        aCD = new CD(title, artist, playTime, numOfTracks);
        store.addItem(aCD);

This is the code which adds the object to the array list in the storage system

   
    ArrayList<Item> itemList = new ArrayList<Item>(); 

    public void addItem(Item hold)
    { 
        itemList.add(hold);

        
        totalStored++;   
    }

What i want to do here is use each object that i saved in the arraylist to be used, for instance... object1.playTime ... object2.playTime etc

    public void calculatePartyTime()
    {
       
        //code should go here. the first loop was just for me
        for(int i = 0; i < itemList.size(); i++)
        {
            System.out.println("--" + itemList.get(i));
        }

    }

[kev670]

Figured it out. :( you spend hours trying to figure something out... write a long forum poost looking for help and then 30 seconds later it comes to you.

for anyone who cares... this is how you access the object method

Arraylisy.get(index).method();

System.out.println(itemList.get(i).playTime());

[sunde887]

arrayList.get(index) returns an object. So you can think of it as an object. Since you can think of it you can do anything you can do with an object with an index in the array. Try using getters to read information from spaces in the arrayList, and setters to write to.

[kev670]

arrayList.get(index) returns an object. So you can think of it as an object. Since you can think of it you can do anything you can do with an object with an index in the array. Try using getters to read information from spaces in the arrayList, and setters to write to.

Thanks a lot dude

[sunde887]

Haha, I used to come here asking questions when working on mini projects only to solve it before anyone responds.

Glad you solved it, please mark your thread solved with the thread tools if you are done.

[Junky]

That is why in many cases people ask for a SSCCE. Often when creating the small example the answer becomes self evident.

[kev670]

That is why in many cases people ask for a SSCCE. Often when creating the small example the answer becomes self evident.

Now that I've looked up SSCCE :) I totally agree. getting rid of the rubbish helped