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Thread: Out of scope problem

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    Default Out of scope problem

    hello there i have a problem where my Center is out of scope of do i make it in scope?
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.io.*;
     
     
    public class textAreaTest {
    	public static void main(String [] args)	{
    		JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();
    		frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		frame2.setSize(new Dimension(600, 300));
    		frame2.setLocation(new Point(300, 300));
    		frame2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    		frame2.setTitle("Home");;
     
    		//buttons
    		JButton konti1 = new JButton();
    		konti1.setText("konti1");
    		JButton konti2 = new JButton();
    		konti2.setText("konti2");
     
     
    		//Center
    		JTextArea Center = new JTextArea(400, 500);            //this is out of scope
     
    		//East
    		JPanel East = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
    		East.add(konti1);
    		East.add(konti2);
     
     
    		//layout
    		frame2.add(Center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		frame2.add(East, BorderLayout.EAST);
     
    		// action center
    		konti1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    				try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti1.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}      //i call it here
    			}
    		});
     
    		konti2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    				try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti2.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}      // and here
    			}
    		});
     
    		frame2.setVisible(true);
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: Out of scope problem

    It is not a scope issue as such. When you attempt to access a variable in an outer class from within an inner class it needs to be declared as final. I bet the error message said something to that effect.
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    Default Re: Out of scope problem

    ok thanks but what should i do it to run? make a new public class where i call this method?

    public class textAreaTest {
    public final JTextArea Center = new JTextArea(400, 500);
    	public void main(String [] args)	{
    		JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();
    		frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		frame2.setSize(new Dimension(600, 300));
    		frame2.setLocation(new Point(300, 300));
    		frame2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    		frame2.setTitle("Home");;
     
    		//buttons
    		JButton konti1 = new JButton();
    		konti1.setText("konti1");
    		JButton konti2 = new JButton();
    		konti2.setText("konti2");
     
     
     
     
    		//East
    		JPanel East = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
    		East.add(konti1);
    		East.add(konti2);
     
     
    		//layout
    		frame2.add(Center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		frame2.add(East, BorderLayout.EAST);
     
    		// action center
    		konti1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    				try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti1.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}
    			}
    		});
     
    		konti2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    				try{Center.read(new FileReader("konti2.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}
    			}
    		});
     
    		frame2.setVisible(true);
    	}
    }


    --- Update ---

    I got it to work
    thanks for the help

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