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Alan
Alan

Reputation: 53

Populating an ArrayList with multiple object types

I am trying to create an ArrayList with multiple object types in Java. So far I have

import java.util.ArrayList;


public class DragRace {
    public class Dragsters {

        public String name;
        public double rTime;
        public int torque;
        public double traction;
        public int burnout;
    }

    ArrayList<Dragsters> dragsterList = new ArrayList<Dragsters>();
    dragsterList.add("one", 0.6, 1000, 0.9, 3);

But it gives me the error 

cannot resolve symbol 'add.'

I have searched on Google but could not find an answer that could be used in what I'm doing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 606

Answers (3)

Jerome Anthony
Jerome Anthony

Reputation: 8021

Agree with @rgettman. The revised code would look like below.

public class DragRace {
    public class Dragsters {
         Dragsters(String name, double rTime, int torque, double traction, int burnout){

        this.name = name;
        this.rTime = rTime;
        this.torque = torque;       
        this.traction = traction;
        this.burnout = burnout;
    }

    String name;
    int burnout double rTime;
    int burnout int torque;
    int burnout double traction;
    int burnout int burnout;
}

ArrayList<Dragsters> dragsterList = new ArrayList<Dragsters>();
dragsterList.add(new Dragsters("one", 0.6, 1000, 0.9, 3));

Upvotes: 0

yeti
yeti

Reputation: 21

dragsterList.add(new Dragsters("one", 0.6, 1000, 0.9, 3));

Upvotes: 0

rgettman
rgettman

Reputation: 178263

First, you cannot have statements inside a class but outside a method, constructor, or initializer block. Put that code in main.

Second, call new Dragsters(), not "one", 0.6, 1000, 0.9, 3. Java will not take arguments, deduce the type (Dragster), create an object of that type, and automatically assign them to instance variables in the order in which they're declared. There is no such add method in ArrayList that takes those 5 arguments.

Third, if you do want to pass those values when creating a Dragster, then create a constructor in Dragsters that will take 5 parameters and explicitly assign them to its instance variables.

Upvotes: 1

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