Re: How to solve this problem of initialization

From:
Tom Hawtin <usenet@tackline.plus.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 13 May 2007 16:11:20 +0100
Message-ID:
<464729ff$0$8752$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>
Ravi wrote:

/ Create JradioButton and add to jrpnlRadBtn
                String temp[] = {"Compilers","Operating
Systems","Computer Networks"};
                JRadioButton jrbtnSub[];
                for(int i=0;i<3;i++) {
                        jrbtnSub[i] = new JRadioButton(temp[i]);
                        jpnlRadBtn.add(jrbtnSub[i]);
                }

Above code snippet gives the error: JRadioButtonDemo.java:22: variable
jrbtnSub might not have been initialized
                        jrbtnSub[i] = new JRadioButton(temp[i]);


In addition to what other replies have said, you might consider using a
(java.util.)List instead of an array for the buttons. With a List you
don't need to know the number of elements when you create it (and there
are many other advantages). So your code could become:

         String[] subjectNames = {
             "Compilers", "Operating Systems",
             "Computer Networks"
         };
         List<JRadioButton> subjectButtons =
             new java.util.ArrayList<JRadioButton>();
         for (String name : subjectNames) {
             JRadioButton button = new JRadioButton(name);
             subjectButtons.add(button);
             subjectPanel.add(button);
         }

(I've changed then identifier names, because I find the likes of "jrbtn"
unreadable and unhelpful.)

Tom Hawtin

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