Thread: unique identifier

 
[B]public class b[/B] {
 
	static a[] nodeobj=new a[3];
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		nodeobj[0]=new a(123);
		nodeobj[1]=new a(44);
		nodeobj[2]=new a(3);}
[B]public class a[/B] {
 
	int x;
	  c[] datalist=new c[3];
 
	public a(int a)
	{	x=a;
	}}
 
 
 
[B]public class c [/B]{
 
	int t; 	
	public c(int y)
	{
 
		t=y;
	}

how to createunique refernces so that each nodeobj has its own datalist..

nodeobj[0] ---> datalist[o]
---> datalist[1]
---> datalist[2]

nodeobj[1] ---> datalist[o]
---> datalist[1]
---> datalist[2]

Please explain what you want to do. Your posted "examples" don't have any meaning for me.

Norm,

i want :

 nodeobj[0].datalist[0].t 
nodeobj[0].datalist[1].t 
nodeobj[0].datalist[2].t 
 
 
nodeobj[1].datalist[0].t 
nodeobj[1].datalist[1].t 
nodeobj[1].datalist[2].t

to be unique for each nodeobj
so that we can have


nodeobj[0].datalist[0].t
nodeobj[0].datalist[1].t
nodeobj[0].datalist[2].t


nodeobj[1].datalist[0].t
nodeobj[1].datalist[1].t
nodeobj[1].datalist[2].t


but puting c[] datalist=new c[3] makes the datalist[] common for each nodeobj

Sorry, still do not understand your problem. Your too short pieces of code leave stuff out.
I see an array: nodeobj of type ??? that has a member: datalist that is an array of type c.
c has a member t.

By each nodeobj I assume you're referring to the elements in the nodeobj array.
Why does the value of the datalist member in nodeobj[0] have to be the same as the value of the datalist member of nodeobj[1]? They are separate instances of the ??? type. Each instance will have its own datalist member with its own contents.

You'll have to show a set of class definitions in a executable problem that demonstrates the problem.

Norm thanks, let me xplain a bit more

I have a main class in which i make 'nodeobj' objects of node class.
Each nodeobj has its own location,type etc.


now i also want a datalist for each nodeobj that can further point to a class data.
so that each node has a list which has a type -
so in referencing i can point like
nodeobj[0].datalist[0].type
nodeobj[0].datalist[1].type


for second node like nodeobj[1].datalist[0].type

can i do that ?? pls . see the attached file Untitled.jpg

i also want a datalist for each nodeobj that can further point to a class data.

If each element in the nodeobj array is a different object, then its contents can be unique to that object.

Sorry, I don't see your problem yet.
Write a small simple program that executes to demonstrate what your problem is.

how can i instantiate the datalist object seperately for each node obj

Isn't that done in the a class? Each a object gets its own datalist variable.

Could you comment the code with what you are trying to do? Having to scroll up to read your comments and then scroll down to read the code is rather tedious.

public class b {
 
		static a[] nodeobj=new a[3];
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		nodeobj[0]=new a(123);
		nodeobj[1]=new a(44);
		nodeobj[2]=new a(3);
 
tun();	}
 
public static void tun()
{
	System.out.println("node 0 has follwoing elemnts of list"); 	
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[0].type); 
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[1].type);
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[2].type);
	System.out.println("node 1 has follwoing elemnts of list"); 	
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[0].type); 
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[1].type);
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[2].type);
	System.out.println("changinf avalues");
	nodeobj[0].datalist[0].type=6;
	nodeobj[0].datalist[1].type=66;
	nodeobj[0].datalist[2].type=666;
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[0].type); 
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[1].type);
	System.out.println(nodeobj[0].datalist[2].type);
	System.out.println("changinf avalues");
	nodeobj[1].datalist[0].type=1;
	nodeobj[1].datalist[1].type=11;
	nodeobj[1].datalist[2].type=111;
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[0].type); 
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[1].type);
	System.out.println(nodeobj[1].datalist[2].type);
 
 
}
 
}
 
 
 
 
 
public class a {
 
	int x;
	  c[] datalist=new c[3];
	  c pkt=new c(43);
 
	  c po=new c(345);
	public a(int a)
	{
		datalist[0]=new c(88);// i am explicitly instantiating object here can i do that dynamically for particular nodeobj
		datalist[1]=new c(77);
		 datalist[2]=new c(99);
 
	x=a;
	}
 
}
 
 
public class c {
 
	int type;
 
	public c(int y)
	{
				type=y;
	}
public c()
{
 
}
}

Rite now i have to instantiate class C object "datalist" first which is common for "nodeobj" in class b and then i change the attributes in class b explicitly ... How can i do that dynamically for each nodeobj so that i have nodeobj[0].datalist[0] different from nodeobj[1].datalist[0]

If you do this in a's constructor: datalist[0]=new c(88);
then all instances of an a object will have a c object created with 88. Don't hard code 88 in the constructor. Use a variable if you want them to hold different values. Pass a value in a's constructor to be used to create the c objects.

What are the c objects supposed to hold?

i need nodeobj[0].datalist[0] in class b's method

the main task here is that i need to check for each nodeobj its datalist and check if its empty(initializing wont let me do taht with !=null) and if empty store pkt object from a class. next time i need to compare the pkt object with datalist if it is available or not

Do you know about getters and setters? If a method in class b needs to access data in another class, it callsa method in that class.

i need to check for each nodeobj its datalist and check if its empty(initializing wont let me do taht with !=null)

Can you post the code showing where it won't let you do that.

if (nodeobj[0] != null && nodeobj[0].datalist[0] != null) ...

i need to compare the pkt object with datalist if it is available or not

Oh good, another object that is not shown in previous postings.

i did mention pkt object in my coding in previous post ... i found out that i could not explain you my problem perfectly,sorry about that.


now i want to check the datalist for each nodeobj and if it is empty store "pkt" object in it and if it is not then match the " pkt" if it already exist in the datalist then do ceratain operation .... can u simply my routine

if ( nodeobj[0].datalist[0] == null) 
	{
		nodeobj[0].datalist[0]=nodeobj[0].pkt;
		System.out.println("stored"); 
 
	}
	else
	{
		for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
		{		 if(nodeobj[0] != null && nodeobj[0].datalist[i] != null){
			if(nodeobj[0].pkt.type==nodeobj[0].datalist[i].type){
		<do certain operation>
 
 
 
			}}}
	}

No. its like nodeobj[0]'s datalist[0]th element is null -if it has nothing stored....isnt it so ?

There are two arrays. Can either of them have null entries? Or do you always put something into one or both of them? I can't see your code so I don't know what you have. The code in post#8 filled both of them so neither would be null. If you don't put a value in an array slot, it will be null.

nodeobj[0]!=null ; check is wrong sorry about that

the problem is that the mehtod should run once.

 
else
	{
		for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
		{		 ifnodeobj[0].datalist[i] != null){
			if(nodeobj[0].pkt.type==nodeobj[0].datalist[i].type){
		<do certain operation> ------------------------------------------------------------>the mehtod should  run once.

the problem is that the mehtod should run once.

Does that mean the method is never run or that the method is run more than once?

Your posted code does not show any method.

Norm one last word: Can you please design a code that

checks the nodeobj[0].datalist[i] list and if it is empty stores nodeobj[0].pkt in it and if not empty compares if node[0].pkt.type is there and if it is not found executes a method.

i'll be grateful
thanks

I'll help you get your code working. Post what you have and we'll work on it.

 	if ( nodeobj[0].datalist[0] == null) // if first element in datalist is empty
	{
		nodeobj[0].datalist[0]=nodeobj[0].pkt;
	 System.out.println("object stored"); 
 
	}
	else
	{
		for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
		{		 if((nodeobj[0].datalist[i] != null) &&(nodeobj[0].pkt.type==nodeobj[0].datalist[i].type))
 
				{
			 	 < i want that if the match is there ,then come out of this method ,and if no match found store the pkt object and run a method called
NEXT()
 
						 }
 
 
 
	}
 
 
 
	}

Two ways you could do that
Have an empty statement for the true case of the if and do the stuff you want done in the else clause.

if (the match) {
// do nothing
}else {
  store pkt
  call NEXT()
}

Change the logic to NOT logic. If true it does the stuff you want. This is not exactly the opposite of the previous because it still test if datalist is null, but you have to test it to test its value.

if( (nodeobj[0].datalist[i] != null) 
    && (nodeobj[0].pkt.type != nodeobj[0].datalist[i].type) ) {
  store pkt
  call NEXT()
}