Re: I'm needing help with compile errors for a game

From:
Brandon McCombs <none@none.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:48:55 GMT
Message-ID:
<X073h.23077$Cq3.143@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>
judith wrote:

judith wrote:

Hello again. I've only included 2 of the 13 programs for this game.
The main program projectJS.java is giving me compile errors and the
other program called GameFrame containing the following information
private BoardPanel boardPanel;
private WinningsPanel winningsPanel;
public GameFrame(String name, BoardPanel boardPanel, WinningsPanel
winningsPanel)

is connected to it somehow to the main program projectJS.java but i don't understand how to fix the errors. If anyone could please help i really would appreciate it Thanks Judith Spurlock
here are the two programs and here are the compile errors.
//GameFrame.java
package chapter14;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import static chapter14.projectJS.*;

class GameFrame implements ActionListener
{
    private static final int GAP = 20, WIDTH = 450, HEIGHT = 380;
    private JFrame frame;
    private JMenuItem newGameItem = new JMenuItem("New Game"),
        shuffleItem = new JMenuItem("Shuffle"),
        exitItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
    private BoardPanel boardPanel;
    private WinningsPanel winningsPanel;

    public GameFrame(String name, BoardPanel boardPanel,
        WinningsPanel winningsPanel)
    {
        JMenu gameMenu = new JMenu("Game");
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();;

        this.boardPanel = boardPanel;
        this.winningsPanel = winningsPanel;
        frame = new JFrame(name);
    frame.setSize(HEIGHT, WIDTH);
        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(
            new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, GAP, GAP));
        frame.getContentPane().setBackground(darkGreen);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        gameMenu.add(newGameItem);
        gameMenu.add(shuffleItem);
        gameMenu.add(exitItem);
        menuBar.add(gameMenu);
        newGameItem.addActionListener(this);
        shuffleItem.addActionListener(this);
        exitItem.addActionListener(this);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
        frame.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
        frame.add(boardPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.add(winningsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
    {
        Object object = event.getSource();

        if (object == newGameItem)
        {
            boardPanel.shuffle();
            winningsPanel.init();
            frame.repaint();
        }
        else if (object == shuffleItem)
        {
            boardPanel.shuffle();
            frame.repaint();
        }
        else if (object == exitItem)
            frame.setVisible(false);
    }
    public void display()
    {
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}
//projectJS.java

package chapter14;

import java.awt.*;

public class projectJS
{
    public static final Color darkGreen = new Color(0, 128, 0),
        lightYellow = new Color(255, 255, 128);
    public static WinningsPanel winningsPanel =
        new WinningsPanel();
    public static BoardPanel boardPanel =
         new BoardPanel();;

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        GameFrame frame = new GameFrame("Card Game of War",
            boardPanel, winningsPanel);

        frame.display();
    }
}

Here are the compile errors and i don't know how to fix them since i
copied the program right out of the book Learning Java Through
Applications. If anyone can help i would appreciate it Judith Spurlock

C:\>javac projectJS.java
projectJS.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class WinningsPanel
location: class chapter14.projectJS
        public static WinningsPanel winningsPanel =
                      ^
projectJS.java:11: cannot find symbol
symbol : class BoardPanel
location: class chapter14.projectJS
        public static BoardPanel boardPanel =
                      ^
projectJS.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class winningsPanel
location: class chapter14.projectJS
                new winningsPanel();
                    ^
projectJS.java:12: cannot find symbol
symbol : class boardPanel
location: class chapter14.projectJS
                 new boardPanel();;
                     ^
projectJS.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol : class GameFrame
location: class chapter14.projectJS
                GameFrame frame = new gameFrame("Card Game of War",
                ^
projectJS.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol : class gameFrame
location: class chapter14.projectJS
                GameFrame frame = new gameFrame("Card Game of War",
                                      ^
6 errors

C:\>


WHere is GameFrame defined? You need to import a package that defines
GameFrame because your errors clearly state "cannot find symbol" so your
compiler doesn't know what a GameFrame is. There are others with the
same problem like BoardPanel, etc.

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