constructor issue

[eugene tay]

Hi all,

Our project is having an issue here and we're not sure how to go about rectifying this error...any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!

***we encounter an error in this line "public CommPortOpen(Frame F)" which we are supposedly to return F variables but it doesn't, instead the program can't be executed and run properly....question is do we need to change the variable "Frame F" to "null" or do we need to reconstruct this line to another?

thanks,

Euphe

/* Constructor */
public CommPortOpen(Frame F)
throws IOException, NoSuchPortException, PortInUseException,
UnsupportedCommOperationException {
// Use the PortChooser from before. Pop up the JDialog.
PortChooser chooser = new PortChooser(null);
String portName = null;
do {
chooser.setVisible(true);
// Dialog done. Get the port name.
portName = chooser.getSelectedName();
if (portName == null)
System.out.println("No port selected. Try again.\n");
} while (portName == null);
// Get the CommPortIdentifier.
thePortID = chooser.getSelectedIdentifier();
// Now actually open the port.
// This form of openPort takes an Application Name and a timeout.
//
System.out.println("Trying to open " + thePortID.getName() + "...");
switch (thePortID.getPortType()) {
case CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL:
thePort = thePortID.open("DarwinSys DataComm",
TIMEOUTSECONDS * 1000);
SerialPort myPort = (SerialPort) thePort;

// set up the serial port
myPort.setSerialPortParams(BAUD, SerialPort.DATABITS_8,
SerialPort.STOPBITS_1, SerialPort.PARITY_NONE);
break;
case CommPortIdentifier.PORT_PARALLEL:
thePort = thePortID.open("DarwinSys Printing",
TIMEOUTSECONDS * 1000);
ParallelPort pPort = (ParallelPort)thePort;
// Tell API to pick "best available mode" - can fail!
// myPort.setMode(ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_ANY);
// Print what the mode is
int mode = pPort.getMode();
switch (mode) {
case ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_ECP:
System.out.println("Mode is: ECP");
break;
case ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_EPP:
System.out.println("Mode is: EPP");
break;
case ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_NIBBLE:
System.out.println("Mode is: Nibble Mode.");
break;
case ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_PS2:
System.out.println("Mode is: Byte mode.");
break;
case ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_SPP:
System.out.println("Mode is: Compatibility mode.");
break;
// ParallelPort.LPT_MODE_ANY is a "set only" mode;
// tells the API to pick "best mode"; will report the
// actual mode it selected.
default:
throw new IllegalStateException
("Parallel mode " + mode + " invalid.");
}
break;
default:// Neither parallel nor serial??
throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown port type " + thePortID);
}
// Get the input and output streams
// Printers can be write-only
try {
is = new DataInputStream(thePort.getInputStream());
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Can't open input stream: write-only");
is = null;
}
os = new PrintStream(thePort.getOutputStream(), true);
} 

[Vijitha Kumara]

It's very hard to read your code. Please use code tags when posting code. You may edit your post using the edit button. Are you able to compile the program? Then, Can you post any stack trace/exceptions arise?

[Darryl Burke]

Just another cross poster.
http://www.java-forums.org/advanced-java/15194-constructor-issue.html
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5362175

[Lucas Franceschi]

please, i mean, please.. read some of these

[Lucas Franceschi]

please eugene, try using some identation on your code, so that we can understand it better, and get you helpful responses.