Friends List (from text file)

[Kayla]

I am getting the following error when running the file (it works fine if I implement each class separately):

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
No enclosing instance of type SocialNetwork is accessible. Must qualify the allocation with an enclosing instance of type SocialNetwork (e.g. x.new A() where x is an instance of SocialNetwork).

at SocialNetwork.main(SocialNetwork.java:20)

My code is below:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class SocialNetwork {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		BufferedReader keyboard = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				System.in), 1);
		System.out
		.println("Hello! "
				+ "Please enter the name of your test file: "
				+ "\n**Hint** for this assignment the file name is: friendsFile.txt\n"
		String fileName = keyboard.readLine();
		System.out.println(fileName);//
		FileLine doLine = new FileLine();
		doLine.readList(fileName);

	}

	public class InStringFile {

		// read the file
		private BufferedReader in;
		// read each line
		private String nextLine;

		// handle exceptions
		public InStringFile(String filename) {

			// line by line input
			try {
				in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
				nextLine = in.readLine();
			} catch (FileNotFoundException ee) {
				System.out.println("We're sorry,\n" + "File " + filename
						+ " cannnot be found.");
				System.exit(0);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				System.out.println("We're sorry,\n" + "File " + filename
						+ " cannot be read.");
				System.exit(0);
			}
		}

		// reads the file as string
		public String read() {
			String current = nextLine;
			try {
				nextLine = in.readLine();
			}

			// catch exception
			catch (IOException e) {
				System.out.println("We're sorry, this file cannot be read.");
				System.exit(0);
			}
			return current;
		}

		public boolean endOfFile() {
			return (nextLine == null);
		}

		// close the file
		public void close() {
			try {
				in.close();
				in = null;
			}

			// catch if file cannot be closed
			catch (IOException e) {
				System.out.println("Problem closing file.");
				System.exit(0);
			}
		}
	}

	public class FileLine {

		public void readList(String fileName) throws Exception {

			// opens the file and controls file reading
			InStringFile reader = new InStringFile(fileName);
			System.out.println("\nFile Found!" + " Now reading from file: "
					+ fileName + "\n");

			// line by line read
			String line;

			do {
				line = (reader.read());

				// print the friend list
				System.out.println("The following friend-set exists: " + line);
				this.TokenizeString(line);

			} while (!reader.endOfFile());

			reader.close();
		}

		// number of friends
		public void TokenizeString(String nameList) {
			StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(nameList);
			System.out.println("The number of friends in this friend-set is: "
					+ tokens.countTokens());
			
		}
		
		
	}
}

Also, I would like to know which friend-set has the greatest number of friends (i.e. in the test file Joe would have the greatest number of friends)

The test file includes the following data:
Joe Sue Meg Ry Luke
Kay Trey Phil George


It shouldn't be limited to only two friend-sets though...

Thanks in advanced for any guidance!

[Fubarable]

Why are you nesting classes inside one another? Why not instead simply give each class its own file and be done with it?

[pbrockway2]

I agree with Fubarable. If you are working with an assignment that makes special demands, perhaps you could post what it says. (In case you are misinterpreting what it asks you to do, eg)