Need a String loop or something

[chellemybelle]

Hello,

I basically have made a little cheezy slideshow and would like to add captions to each pic as it loops through. I've tried everything I can think of. I'm assuming I might need to use an array for the string but not sure. Here is my code so far. I've included the strings I'm trying to add as variables for right now. Please have look, and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you may have on including a string loop synced with my pics. Please and thank you:)
public class Tour extends JApplet implements Runnable
{
//****************************************instance variables
private Image[] loop;
private int numImages = 4;
private int currentImage = 0;
private int numStrings = 4;
private int currentString = 0;
private String caption0 = "Our Java Jive Mall Lobby";
private String caption1 = "Enjoy Family Dining at Michelle's Little Italy";
private String caption2 = "Grab lunch at Greg Bunch's Mexican Lunches";
private String caption3 = "Have Some Fun at our Java Jive Arcade";


private Thread animate = null;
private MediaTracker tracker = null;
/***************************other instance variables*/
Image loadingImage;
//***********************************************ini t method
public void init()
{
loadingImage = getImage(getDocumentBase(), "LoadingClock.gif");
tracker = new MediaTracker(this);

loop = new Image[numImages];

for(int x = 0;x<loop.length;x++)
{
loop[x] = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"Tour" + x + ".jpg");
tracker.addImage(loop[x],0);
}
animate = new Thread(this);
animate.start();

} //end of init()

//************************************************ru n method
public void run()
{
try {
tracker.waitForAll();

for(;;)
{
currentImage = (currentImage + 1) % numImages;
repaint();

Thread.sleep(2000);
}
}catch(InterruptedException e) {
showStatus(e.toString());
}

}//end of run()
//**********************************************pain t method

public void paint(Graphics g)
{

if(tracker.checkAll())
{
g.drawImage(loop[currentImage],0,0,500,400,this);
}
else
{
g.drawImage(loadingImage,150,150,150,150,this);
g.drawString("Tour loading...Please wait...",80,65);
}
} //end of paint()
} //end of Tour class

[BigDaddyLH]

It seems you have already done all the hard work -- reading in the images and writing an animation loop to cycle through the image array. What if you put the captions in an array as well?

[chellemybelle]

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I tried to do that already. I'm guessing thats what needs to be done but I can't quite work it out. I looked through Sun java's docs and can't find a good example either. I can intialize the String array, but can someone show what else to do to get the strings synced with the pics?

[Laharl]

Could you use a map? Otherwise, I think you'd sync them by ensuring that a picture in its array is at the same index as its caption is in the String[].

[BigDaddyLH]

Could you use a map? Otherwise, I think you'd sync them by ensuring that a picture in its array is at the same index as its caption is in the String[].

Indeed. OP, are you familiar with the syntax for initializing an array of Strings?

String[] captions = {
    "caption 0",
    "caption 1",
    ...
    "captionN"
};
 

You're almost done, at this point.