2D Array of Strings as Output parameters

[Tano_Ortiga]

Hi Guys,
Am still working on converting my SingleThreadedModel servlet into a MultiThreaded one. Just need help on one problem i got here.
pls consider below code.
private int main_func()
{
StringBuffer[][] xx=null;
int r=sub_func(xx);
some code here printing the contents of xx list....
}
private int sub_func(StringBuffer[][] xx)
{
some code here.... solve ncodes
xx = new StringBuffer[ncodes][2];
some code here filling up the xx arraylist.
}
Initially (when the code was still a SingleThreaded one), I have xx array list as an Instance variable of the servlet, i did not have this problem. But since (as suggested) a MultiThreaded servlet requires me to have this variable as a local variable (NOT use instance variables), I have created xx as a local variable of the calling method- main_func. Problem now is I can't seem to "pull-out" the populated version of the variable xx from sub_func method. I always get the "null" version/unpopulated one. In C, I can do this by passing the base address of the variable xx from main_func to sub_func and allow sub_func to allocate the mem space and populate the xx list. Is there anyway in java i can do this? pls help thanks.
Jonathan

[Tano_Ortiga]

Hi guys,
this problem is solved already. I used an inner class which has arraylist as components instead of the 2D array. It worked! Thanks!
Jonathan

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