object inheritance...?

[Chris Dancy]

so I have an array of public static Objects[] obj = (new Curriculum(),new referrences(),new Transcripts(),new Resume());

each of these 4 classes holds 3 arrays:

public static Objects [][] obj;
public static String [] con;
public static String [];


//The problem comes when i pass the reference of these objects i.e.:

for(int i = 0;i < obj.length;i++){
initializeObject(obj[i]);
}

//This is where the problem happens
public void initializeObject(Object i){
i.con[i] = new String("bearss");
}

//This code is always highlighted as something is wrong. It sais that i.con[i] is not a valid field or something to that degree. I have a feeling that when I pass each reference in as an object something bad is happening. Though I cant figure out why, seeing as every object is an object!!!

any ideas?

sincerely,
Chris Dancy

[Jhakda Velu]

Hi

i.con[i] = new String("bearss");

the first i stands for the object
the second i should be the index, but where have you declared it?
if you say in teh for loop, that i will not be available in the initializeObject method.
What do you feel?

Jhakda

[fred rosenberger]

It sais that i.con[i] is not a valid field or something to that degree

believe it or not, what is says is VERY helpful. It would help us help you if you posted EXACTLY what it says...

[Jhakda Velu]

Hi
Okie,i may be wrong. Please post complete error.

Jhakda

[Chris Dancy]

Its ok guys i figured it out. I simply created an abstract class and had all my four classes extend from that. That worked out beautifully. Im still puzzled as to why I had to do that considering i was just referencing an object being passed in, but its ok. Thanks anyway. and sorry for not completing the code snippet I was in a bit of a rush and posted it at the last minute.

sincerely,
Chris Dancy