Main Method Can't Find It's Parent Class

[Slinkie45]

I've been working out the kinks in this little project of mine for a few weeks, and now I'm trying to get the GUI working. I used NetBeans to make a GUI, and then copied the source code back into BlueJ (Which I'm in the process of growing out of).

When I try to compile the Battle class with the main method in it, I get this error: "cannot find symbol - constructor Battle()" which doesn't make any sense to me since it's inside the Battle class.

Here's the main method:

     
public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new Battle().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

I thought maybe it had something to do with the fact that the class takes some parameters, and I put them into the method as well, which looked like this:

     
public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new Battle(Player[] t, Player[] f, String i, String v).setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

but when I do that I get a ".class expected" error. What the heck is happening??

[sunde887]

Have you written a Battle() constructor?

[Slinkie45]

Yes, I have:

public Battle(Player[] t, Player[] f, String i, String v) throws java.net.MalformedURLException
    {
       team = t;
       foe = f;
       currentattack = "None"; 
       intro = i;
       victory = v;
       x = 0;
       y = 0;
       currentteam = team[x];
       currentfoe = foe[y];
       initComponents();
       
    }

[sunde887]

Can I see the exact error message please?

[Toll]

Well... you should send variables to a constructor, not variable definitions.

[Slinkie45]

When I try to compile it without parameters: "cannot find symbol - constructor Battle()" on the line

     public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                [COLOR="red"]new Battle().setVisible(true);[/COLOR]
            }
        });
    }

With parameters I get ".class expected" on the same line

[Toll]

Well... of course. Your constructor expects certain variables. You don't have a constructor called Battle(), so you can't use it.

[Slinkie45]

Oh, ok I think I understand now. The class expects to be given those parameters by some input. In that case I think I need the main method in another class. Thanks for your help!

[sunde887]

You don't need the main in another class, as long as it has access to the classes it is referencing. Please show me the exact error message, no paraphrasing(copy and paste it)

[Solarsonic]

public Battle(Player[] t, Player[] f, String i, String v)

When you're creating a new Battle object, you must include the parameters that you have required in your constructor.

A default parameter-less constructor ( like Battle() ) is only created if no constructors are coded. Otherwise you will have to create one yourself.

[pbrockway2]

new Battle(Player[] t, Player[] f, String i, String v).setVisible(true);

I think Toll was getting at the point that this should be

Player[] t = ...
Player[] f = ...
String i = ..
String v = ...
new Battle(t, f, i, v).setVisible(true);

where the parameters are suitably initialised.

[sunde887]

Wow, I feel dumb for not noticing that. Shows me not to skim so much.