how to sovle these two errors~~~help~~~

[Alex cordes]

when i run my program,errors appear:

"WriteString(java.lang.String) in FileOutput cannot be applied to (java.lang.Object)

this is anothor program's error:

"incompatible types - found java.lang.Object but expected java.lang.String"

i cant get it! anyone help me solve both of them???
thanks a lot~~~

[Rick Beaver]

Both the same problem - cast your Object to a String by placing the cast (String) in front of it

WriteString(myObject)

should be

WriteString((String) myObject)

I am assuming that the reference you are giving to the WriteString is, in fact, a Strnig object of course - if it is a different type then this will not work.

[Rick Beaver]

One other point - just a matter of convention - methods in Java are usually written with the first character lowercase and the remaining words denoted by an uppercase character.

If WriteString is a method - it should really be writeString
[ November 16, 2005: Message edited by: Rick Beaver ]

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Duplicate of this post

[Alex cordes]

Originally posted by Rick Beaver:
Both the same problem - cast your Object to a String by placing the cast (String) in front of it

WriteString(myObject)

should be

WriteString((String) myObject)

I am assuming that the reference you are giving to the WriteString is, in fact, a Strnig object of course - if it is a different type then this will not work.

thanks for ur reply~~~yes~~~i make the 1st one correct, but cant do it with the 2nd one:
the wrong code is:
"String name = names.get(i);"
how to change the type of it?

[Rick Beaver]

String name = (String) names.get(i);

[Alex cordes]

Originally posted by Rick Beaver:

String name = (String) names.get(i);

oh~~~man~~~how fast can u be??? u r amazing!!!~~~thanks a lot~~~ )))

[Rick Beaver]

No problem