Thread: Java 1.4 Array issues - controlling array size for dynamic usage

I am working on a system and restricted to using Java 1.4
I have some working code but when declaring an Array I am having to set an Array size large enough to provide for now and the future (as Generics such as ArrayLists and Collections don't seem possible until 1.5). The issue is then when I read through the Array my code crashes at the first null value.

Now I can program to check for the null value and exit the read through, but is there a better way in 1.4? How would you best go about a dynamically sized array in 1.4?

Snippet:

String query = "select Partition.* from Partition where Name like 'SS%'";
if(debug) jcsOut.println("Finding Partitions");

String[][] partitions = new String[800][3];
int i = 0;

for (Iterator it = jcsSession.executeObjectQuery(query, null); it.hasNext()
{
Partition p = (Partition) it.next();

if(debug) jcsOut.println(p.getName());
partitions[i][0] = p.getName();

if(p.getName().substring(2,4).equals("BA"))
{
//jcsOut.println("MATCH");
if(debug) jcsOut.println(p.getName().substring(2,4));
partitions[i][1] = p.getName().substring(2,4);
if(debug) jcsOut.println(p.getName().substring(5,9).replace( "_","")+p.getName().substring(9).replace("_","-"));
partitions[i][2] = p.getName().substring(5,9).replace("_","")+p.getNa me().substring(9).replace("_","-");
} else if (p.getName().substring(0,2).equals("SS"))
{
//jcsOut.println("MATCH");
if(debug) jcsOut.println(p.getName().substring(0,2));
partitions[i][1] = p.getName().substring(0,2);
}


if(debug) jcsOut.println(" ");

i++;
}

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

Please use the highlight tags when posting code.

What's stopping you from using an ArrayList? They've been around since 1.2.

If you're asking how to resize an array, a general way to go about it is to create a larger array and copy the smaller array into it.

I'm trying to declare one like this:

ArrayList p_al = new ArrayList();

However it's not working. I'm getting this:
symbol : class ArrayList
ArrayList p_al = new ArrayList();
ShellScript_neilan_j.java:user code 5:21:cannot find symbol

So I'm not sure if it's the Application I'm running Java through but it should support standard Java 1.4 as I understand it

My imports did not include the correct class
I added in

import java.util.ArrayList;

And now it's AOK

--- Update ---

So going with ArrayList - is there a way to create a 2-dimensional ArrayList without generics (Java 1.4)?
This I'm having trouble with....