Re: Passing objects (not stones)

From: Ryan Stewart (zzanNOtozz_at_gSPAMo.com)
Date: 02/25/04


Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:44:08 -0600


"NotAsDumbAsILook" <toyota_trekker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e3d370c6.0402251210.1e5215b3@posting.google.com...
> I'm using NetBeans 3.5.1. Why doesn't this work?
>
>
> Referenced class:
>
> public class MyClass {
> public Object objectForValue(int i) {
> // test code
> Object o = "objectForValue";
> return o;
> }
> }
>
> Here's where the error is:
>
> public class MyOtherClass {
> public Object getObjectTest(int i) {
> // test code
> MyClass mine = new MyClass();
> Object o = mine.objectForValue(i); <<== ERROR
> return o;
> }
> }
>
> The error I get is:
>
> myTestModel.java [40:1] cannot resolve symbol
> symbol : method objectForValue (int)
> location: class MPNode
> Object o = mine.objectForValue(i);
>
>
> I intially just had the getObjectTest method as:
>
> public Object getObjectTest(int i) {
> MyClass mine = new MyClass();
> return mine.objectForValue(i);
> }
>
> but that didn't work either. It gave the same error.
>
> Apparently there is something about the Object class that I don't
> understand. Could someone enlighten me?

Unless I'm missing something, that code is fine. But you haven't posted code
that demonstrates your problem. See for suggestions:
http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.jsp

Then post some actual executable code.