I'm having an issue with my programs construction. I can't seem to find where or why I need to put my constructor in. I can't tell if it is in there, or not. Anyway, here is the main code:
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class HangmanProject
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
{
public static void getFile() {
getFile gf() = new getFile();
Scanner test = gf.wordScan;
}
}
So that's the main program but it calls this one:
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class getFile
{
String wordList[] = new String[10]; // array to store all of the words
int x = 0;
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); // to read user's input
System.out.println("Welcome to Hangman Project!");
// Create a scanner to read the secret words file
Scanner wordScan = null;
try {
wordScan = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader("words.txt")));
while (wordScan.hasNext()) {
wordList[x] = wordScan.next();
System.out.println(wordList[x]);
x++;
}
}
finally {
if (wordScan != null)
{
wordScan.close();
}
}
}
My questions are:
My instructor is telling me this: "I still do not see the constructor method in your class where you should be initializing the instance variables for your class. You cannot just put code inside a class." I really don't understand what that means.
First, I made a few modifications to your program. Your first big error was that you have a class called getFile, and also a method called getFile. Keep method names as method names, but class names are usually capitalized. I changed it to GetFile.
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class HangmanProject{
public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException{ //this is the first thing that runs, the main method
GetFile gf = new GetFile(); //this will create the getFile object
try {
gf.getWords(); //runs the method that we make later
}
catch(FileNotFoundException potatoes) { //this will print out error message if there is no words.txt
System.out.println(potatoes.getMessage());
}
} //closes main method
}
OK; now onto the actual class itself.
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GetFile {
//Here are your variables
private String[] wordList = new String[10];
private int x = 0;
//good practice to have variables private;
//Now it is time for the constructor.
public GetFile()
{
//empty constructor; you don't need to have any instance variables declared.
}
public void getWords() throws FileNotFoundException { //the big method for doing stuff
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); // to read user's input
System.out.println("Welcome to Hangman Project!");
Scanner wordScan = null;
wordScan = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));
while (wordScan.hasNext()) { //checking if there are more words
wordList[x] = wordScan.next();
System.out.println(wordList[x]); //print them out as the array is filled
x++;
}
if (wordScan != null)
{
wordScan.close(); //close the file after you are finished
}
}
}