Help with objects and arrays...

[davem11677]

I hope someone can help.

I am trying to write a Java program that will pass an Int-type, String-type and an object into an array that will loop 100 times, filling it with the items in parentheses. I have no clue how to accomplish this as I am brand new to Java and to programming in general. The last method is the one I need help filling. Please help!!

public class Locator
{
// array sizes (and limits)
private final static int STORE_LIMIT = 100;
private final static int POSTAL_ZONE_LIMIT = 100;

// instance variables
Store [] storeArray;
PostalZone [] postalZoneArray;
private int nextStore;
private int nextPostalZone;

/**
* Constructor for objects of class Locator.
*/
public Locator()
{
storeArray = new Store[STORE_LIMIT];
postalZoneArray = new PostalZone[POSTAL_ZONE_LIMIT];
}

/**
* addStore - add a store to the array of stores.
*
* @param inputStoreNumber int Store number to add
* @param inputDescription String Store description to add
* @param inputLocation String Location of store
*
* @return int index of added store, -1 if unable to
* add (array already full)
*/

public int addStore(int inputStoreNumber, String inputDescription,
Location inputLocation)
{


}

TIA,
Dave

[D_C]

First, thanks for actually having a nice concise question, although you could have used [ code] and [/code ] tags (with no spaces between the brackets) to preserve whitespace.

I don't see where Store is defined, I'm assuming something like this:

class Store
{
  private int num;
  private String desc;
  private String loc;
 
  Store(int number, String description, String location)
  {
    num = number; 
    desc = description;
    loc = location;
  }
  ...
}

/**
* addStore - add a store to the array of stores.
*
* @param inputStoreNumber int Store number to add
* @param inputDescription String Store description to add
* @param inputLocation String Location of store
*
* @return int index of added store, -1 if unable to
* add (array already full)
*/
 
public int addStore(int inputStoreNumber, String inputDescription, Location inputLocation)
{
  if(nextStoreIndex == STORE_LIMIT)
    return -1;
  storeArray[nextStoreIndex++] = new Store(inputStoreNumber, inputDescription, inputLocation);
  return (nextStoreIndex-1);
}