array index out of bound error

[anya]

here is my main program

import java.io.*;


public class T1Main

{
   public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception
   
{
      Window w=new Window(20,30,'.');

    


     
 w.display();
   
}
}

my window class

import java.io.*;


public class Window

{
   private int numberOfRows,numberOfColumns;
   
private char borderCharacter;
   
private char win[][]=new char[numberOfRows][numberOfColumns];

  
 public Window(int numberOfRows,int numberOfColumns,char borderCharacter)
  
 {
      this.numberOfRows=numberOfRows;
      
this.numberOfColumns=numberOfColumns;
     
 this.borderCharacter=borderCharacter;
   }

  
 public void addShape(Shape shape)
   
{
      shape.draw(this);
   }

  
 public void removeShape(Shape shape)
   
{
   }

   
void display()
   
{

    for(int i=0;i<numberOfRows;i++)
      
 {
       for(int j=0;j<numberOfColumns;j++)
       
 {
           if((i==0)||(i==(numberOfRows-1))||(j==0)||(j==(numberOfColumns-1)))
           
 {
               win[i][j]=borderCharacter; //throwing error message on this line
              
 System.out.print(borderCharacter);
            }
          
  else
           
 {
               System.out.print(" ");
            }

  
 
          }
         
 System.out.println("\n");

   }
   }
}

and my shape class

public abstract class Shape

{
   public  int rowBase,colBase;

  
 public Shape(int rowBase,int colBase)
   
{
      this.rowBase=rowBase;
      
this.colBase=colBase;
   }


public int getRowBase()

{
   return rowBase;
}


public int getColBase()

{
   return colBase;
}


public abstract void draw(Window window);
}

i am trying to display an empty square with "." characters

i am getting a runtime error "array index out of bound"can u please point out my mistake.

[pbrockway2]

Could you please edit your post to include code formatting? Also it would be a good idea to post the entire runtime error message and stack trace (the thing that says which lines of which Java file were involved in the exception.)

[anya]

ok i did something

[wsaryada]

Array index out of bound exception generally means that you are trying to access an array using an illegal index. This index can be either negative value or a value that greater than or equal to the size of the array. So please check if you make any illegal access to that array.

[Zigster]

You should use [code] not [quote] ;)

[anya]

i know what the error means,i checked my program,according to me it should display what i want

[wsaryada]

Alright, so you know what it means. Now, as pbrockway2 ask you before, do you have the error stack trace? You have to start looking there to find which line started the exception. Then find which part of your code access an array using an illegal index. Print out the variable the hold the indexes will help you.

[anya]

there is no stack,i pointed out the line where the error is thrown.it just tells me at that line aRRayindexoutofbound

[wsaryada]

There should be a stack trace for that error.

Anyway, let see what you have in your code. In your code you create the array like this:

private int numberOfRows,numberOfColumns;
...    
private char win[][]=new char[numberOfRows][numberOfColumns];

At this point the numberOfRows and numberOfColumns will have a 0 value. And that cause your win array creation become new char[0][0]. You have a zero sized array there. So when you try to access it you'll get the exception.