I want to initialize an array of Player objects for a BlackJack game. I've read a lot about various ways to initialize primitive objects like an array of ints or an array of strings but I cannot take the concept to what I am trying to do here (see below). I would like to return an array of initialized Player objects. The number of player objects to create is an integer for which I prompt the user. I was thinking the constructor could accept an integer value and name the player accordingly while initializing some member variables of the Player object. I think I am close but still quite confused too.
static class Player
{
private String Name;
private int handValue;
private boolean BlackJack;
private TheCard[] Hand;
public Player(int i)
{
if (i == 0)
{
this.Name = "Dealer";
}
else
{
this.Name = "Player_" + String.valueOf(i);
}
this.handValue = 0;
this.BlackJack = false;
this.Hand = new TheCard[2];
}
}
private static Player[] InitializePlayers(int PlayerCount)
{ //The line below never completes after applying the suggested change
Player[PlayerCount] thePlayers;
for(int i = 0; i < PlayerCount + 1; i++)
{
thePlayers[i] = new Player(i);
}
return thePlayers;
}
EDIT - UPDATE: Here is what I am getting after changing this as I understood your suggestion:
Thread [main] (Suspended)
ClassNotFoundException(Throwable).<init>(String, Throwable) line: 217
ClassNotFoundException(Exception).<init>(String, Throwable) line: not available
ClassNotFoundException.<init>(String) line: not available
URLClassLoader$1.run() line: not available
AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T>, AccessControlContext) line: not available [native method]
Launcher$ExtClassLoader(URLClassLoader).findClass(String) line: not available
Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(String) line: not available
Launcher$ExtClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String) line: not available
BlackJackCardGame.InitializePlayers(int) line: 30
BlackJackCardGame.main(String[]) line: 249
It is almost fine. Just have:
Player[] thePlayers = new Player[playerCount + 1];
And let the loop be:
for(int i = 0; i < thePlayers.length; i++)
And note that java convention dictates that names of methods and variables should start with lower-case.
Update: put your method within the class body.