Errors,errors and errors

**xpatiencex** · 04-24-2009, 06:20 PM

I am having a hard time compiling and running this program can someone help.

import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;

class NewsItem
{
NewsItem(String h, String s)
{
headline = h;
summary = s;
}

string headline;
String summary;
}

/** A dialog box to demonstrate use of the GridBagLayout.
*/
public class Sports extends Frame
{
String espn = "sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/news";

String channelName;
int numItems = 0;
newsItem[] news = new NewsItem[100];

String getTextBetween(String source, String startMarker, String endMarker)
{
int s = source.indexOf(startMarker);
if (s < 0)
return "";
int e = source.indexOf(endMarker, s);
if (e < 0)
return "";
String text = source.substring(s + startMarker.length(), e);

if (text.startsWith("<![CDATA[") && text.endsWith("]]>"))
text = text.substring(9, text.length()-3);
return text;
}

public void readNewsFeed(String urlString)
{
String data = "";

BufferedReader in = null;
try
{
URL url = new URL(urlString);
InputStream inStream = url.openStream();
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream));

String s = in.readLine();
while (s != null)
{
data += s;
s = in.readLine();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
try { in.close(); } catch (Exception ex) { }
}

channelName = getTextBetween(data, "<description>", "</description>");

numItems = 0;
int x = data.indexOf("<item>");
while (x >= 0 && numItems < 100)
{
data = data.substring(x);
news[numItems] =
new NewsItem(
getTextBetween(data, "<title>", "</title>"),
getTextBetween(data, "<description>", "</description>");
numItems++;
x = data.indexOf("<item>", 6);
}
}

Label channelLabel = new Label("");
Label headlinesLabel = new Label("Headlines:");
List headlinesList;
Label summaryLabel = new label("Summary:");
JLabel summaryText = new JLabel("<html>(double-click on a headline)</html>");
Button closeButton = new Button("Close);

public Sports()
{
super("News Feed Reader");
setSize(500, 300);
setLocation(50, 50);

readNewsFeed(espn);
headlinesList = new List(numItems);
int i;
for (i=0; i<numItems; i++)
headlinesList.add(news[i].headline);

setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

channelLabel = new Label(channelName);

add(channelLabel,
gbc(0, 0, 2, 1,
GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(headlinesLabel,
gbc(0, 1, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(headlinesList,
gbc(0, 2, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.BOTH,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.5, 1.0));

add(summaryLabel,
gbc(1, 1, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(summaryText,
gbc(1, 2, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.BOTH,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
1.0, 1.0));

add(closeButton,
gbc(1, 3, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.EAST,
0.0, 0.0));

headlinesList.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
int i = headlinesList.getSelectedIndex();
summaryText.setText("<html>" + news[i].summary + "</html>");
}
}
);

closeButton.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
);

setVisible(true);
}

/** A helper method for creating GridBagConstraints objects.
*/
static GridBagConstraints gbc(
int x, int y, int width, int height, int fill, int anchor, double weightx, double weighty)
{
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = x;
gbc.gridy = y;
gbc.gridwidth = width;
gbc.gridheight = height;
gbc.fill = fill;
gbc.anchor = anchor;
gbc.weightx = weightx;
gbc.weighty = weighty;
gbc.insets = new Insets(3, 3, 3, 3);
return gbc;
}

public static void main(String[] args)
{
Sports ex = newSports();
}
}

**tomiu** · 04-24-2009, 07:20 PM

use tags next time...i checked ur code and found this errors..correct them..then post what other errors u get

Java Code:

Button closeButton = new Button("Close);

Java Code:

Sports ex = newSports();

Java Code:

new NewsItem(
getTextBetween(data, "<title>", "</title>"),
getTextBetween(data, "<description>", "</description>");

**emceenugget** · 04-24-2009, 09:19 PM

also if you want help with particular errors, you need to post the error messages you get. looking at the post before mine, you should learn how to decipher compiler messages as well. you have a bunch of typos and it's not the most productive use of your time to wait for someone to tell you to balance parentheses, quotation marks, etc.

**xpatiencex** · 04-25-2009, 12:42 AM

I noticed some of my typos I think I fix most of them but still say I have one error when compiled.

The error am getting now say that class Sports is public, should be declared in a file named Sport.java

public class Sports extends Frame

I am still new to all of this so am not sure what this really mean when my class should be declared in a file named Sports.java

When I save this program it was save automatically for me under NewsItem.java

So does it mean that the program name should of been saved under Sports.java instead of NewsItem.java?

import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;

class NewsItem
{
NewsItem(String h, String s)
{
headline = h;
summary = s;
}

String headline;
String summary;
}

/** A dialog box to demonstrate use of the GridBagLayout.
*/
public class Sports extends Frame
{
String espn = "//sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/news";

String channelName;
int numItems = 0;
NewsItem[] news = new NewsItem[100];

String getTextBetween(String source, String startMarker, String endMarker)
{
int s = source.indexOf(startMarker);
if (s < 0)
return "";
int e = source.indexOf(endMarker, s);
if (e < 0)
return "";
String text = source.substring(s + startMarker.length(), e);

if (text.startsWith("<![CDATA[") && text.endsWith("]]>"))
text = text.substring(9, text.length()-3);
return text;
}

public void readNewsFeed(String urlString)
{
String data = "";

BufferedReader in = null;
try
{
URL url = new URL(urlString);
InputStream inStream = url.openStream();
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream));

String s = in.readLine();
while (s != null)
{
data += s;
s = in.readLine();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
try { in.close(); } catch (Exception ex) { }
}

channelName = getTextBetween(data, "<description>", "</description>");

numItems = 0;
int x = data.indexOf("<item>");
while (x >= 0 && numItems < 100)
{
data = data.substring(x);
news[numItems] =
new NewsItem(
getTextBetween(data, "<title>", "</title>"),
getTextBetween(data, "<description>", "</description>"));
numItems++;
x = data.indexOf("<item>", 6);
}
}

Label channelLabel = new Label("");
Label headlinesLabel = new Label("Headlines:");
List headlinesList;
Label summaryLabel = new Label("Summary:");
JLabel summaryText = new JLabel("<html>(double-click on a headline)</html>");
Button closeButton = new Button("Close");

public Sports()
{
super("News Feed Reader");
setSize(500, 300);
setLocation(50, 50);

readNewsFeed(espn);
headlinesList = new List(numItems);
int i;
for (i=0; i<numItems; i++)
headlinesList.add(news[i].headline);

setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

channelLabel = new Label(channelName);

add(channelLabel,
gbc(0, 0, 2, 1,
GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(headlinesLabel,
gbc(0, 1, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(headlinesList,
gbc(0, 2, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.BOTH,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.5, 1.0));

add(summaryLabel,
gbc(1, 1, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
0.0, 0.0));

add(summaryText,
gbc(1, 2, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.BOTH,
GridBagConstraints.WEST,
1.0, 1.0));

add(closeButton,
gbc(1, 3, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NONE,
GridBagConstraints.EAST,
0.0, 0.0));

headlinesList.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
int i = headlinesList.getSelectedIndex();
summaryText.setText("<html>" + news[i].summary + "</html>");
}
}
);

closeButton.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
);

setVisible(true);
}

/** A helper method for creating GridBagConstraints objects.
*/
static GridBagConstraints gbc(
int x, int y, int width, int height, int fill, int anchor, double weightx, double weighty)
{
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = x;
gbc.gridy = y;
gbc.gridwidth = width;
gbc.gridheight = height;
gbc.fill = fill;
gbc.anchor = anchor;
gbc.weightx = weightx;
gbc.weighty = weighty;
gbc.insets = new Insets(3, 3, 3, 3);
return gbc;
}

public static void main(String[] args)
{
Sports ex = new Sports();
}
}

**tomiu** · 04-25-2009, 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by xpatiencex

I noticed some of my typos I think I fix most of them but still say I have one error when compiled.

The error am getting now say that class Sports is public, should be declared in a file named Sport.java

public class Sports extends Frame

I am still new to all of this so am not sure what this really mean when my class should be declared in a file named Sports.java

When I save this program it was save automatically for me under NewsItem.java

So does it mean that the program name should of been saved under Sports.java instead of NewsItem.java?

USE the CODE tags if u want help...btw u have many typos.....and yes the filename should be Sports.java

p.s. i see that u haven't wrotte the program alone, but its copy/paste...try first to learn the basic elements of JAVA, it will be much easier for u ...

**xpatiencex** · 04-25-2009, 01:06 AM

Thank you I went and did the changes and also change the file name to Sports.java and it worked. You are correct this program was copy/paste so I can learn to figure out where the errors were and make the correction that is needed.

Just for future use what do u mean by use the "CODE" tags?
Can u give an example?

Thank you