non-static variable error ( simple )

[JavaJon]

The problem in the follow code occurs when trying to instantiate an array object.

public class Main {
 
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        Room[] rooms;
        rooms = new Room[5];
 
        rooms[0] = new Room( 3, 7, true);
/* non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context */
 
        for(int i = 1; i < 5; i++)
        {
            room[i] = new Room( 5, 5, true);
/* non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context */
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            room[i].printRoom();
/* non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context */
        }
    }
 
    /* ****************************************** */
 
    class Room
    {
        int beds = 2; // 2 as defaukt number of beds
        int guests = 0; // 0 as default number of guests
        boolean smoking = false; // false as default for smoking
 
        Room(int beds, int guestss, boolean smoking)
                /*
                 * A contructor for the Room class
                 */
        {
            this.beds = beds;
            guests = guestss;
            this.smoking = smoking;
        }
 
        public void printRoom()
        {
            System.out.println("Beds: " + beds + ". Guests: " +
                    guests + ". Smoking: " + smoking);
        }
    }
 
}

/* non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context */
Why does this happen? In other words, could someone explain in brief what's happening - And how to fix it.

Thanks in advance,

Jon

[JosAH]

Your array is named 'rooms', not 'room', so you have rooms rooms[0], rooms[1] ... etc.

kind regards,

Jos