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pantalona
pantalona

Reputation: 1

creating arrays within ArrayList java

I'm trying to create two different types of Arrays within one ArrayList. Set up constructors accordingly (I think), but when it comes to instantiating them I get an error message "arr cannot be resolved". I'm slowly but surely going round the bend. How do I get the ArrayList to accept a simple array with doubles? (It also has to accept other types so it's not just a question of changing the ArrayList itself).Here's the code for the constructors & main ArrayList:

class NumList implements Num
{
    private ArrayList<Num> n1;

    public NumList( NumDouble[] doubleArray ) 
    {           
       n1 = new ArrayList<Num>();
       for( NumDouble d : doubleArray ) 
            n1.add( d );
    }

    public NumList(NumFloat[] floatArray ) 
    {
       n1 = new ArrayList<Num>();
       for( NumFloat d : floatArray ) 
            n1.add( d );

    }
// methods of Num interface
}

And my test class looks like this -

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Demo extends NumList {
    public Demo(NumDouble[] doubleArray) {  
        //suggested automatically to add super here
        super(doubleArray);

        double[] arr = {(1.1), (2.2), (3.3), (4.4)};
        ArrayList<Num> n1 = new ArrayList<Num>(arr);
    }

    public static void main (String [] args){

        arr.sqrt();

        System.out.println("The numbers sq are "+ arr [0]);
    }
}

The NumList class has just three methods including sort. I have tried wildcards as well as

It's probably something really easy ... any help appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 87

Answers (1)

spectacularbob
spectacularbob

Reputation: 3218

Your ArrayList holds object of type Num, but you are trying to insert plain ol' doubles into it

double[] arr = {(1.1), (2.2), (3.3), (4.4)};
ArrayList<Num> n1 = new ArrayList<Num>(arr);

double does not inherit from Num and so cannot be placed in an ArrayList<Num>. Also, no ArrayList constructor takes an array as a parameter, you have to convert your array to a collection with Arrays.asList(array). You would have to do something like this

NumDouble[] arr = {new NumDouble(1.1), new NumDouble(2.2), new NumDouble(3.3), new NumDouble(4.4)};
ArrayList<Num> n1 = new ArrayList<Num>(Arrays.asList(arr));

Upvotes: 2

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