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Thread: File input using Scanner help.

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    Default File input using Scanner help.

    Ok so i have an assignment I'm working on where i have to write a program that has to:

    1. Read the elements of a book(id, title, isbn, author, genre) from a text file.
    2. Place these elements into a Book object.
    3. Place these Book objects into a Book type array.
    4. Prompt user to enter a an id for a Book and program should reply with all information about the book(ex: User enters "12345" and program should print to screen: Id: 12345, Title: Jimmy Cracked Corn, ISBN: 124512345, Author: JohnDoe, Genre: Fiction)

    Now i am stuck on the part where i have to read in more and place more than one book object into the Book array. Here is my code so far.

    package assg2_Harris;
     
    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
     
    public class FileInput extends Book{
     
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    	Scanner inStream = null;
     
    	Book[] Catalog = new Book[100];
    	int count = 0;
     
    	try
    	{
    		inStream = new Scanner(new File("catalog.txt"));
    	}
    	catch(FileNotFoundException x)
    	{
    		System.out.println("File not found.");
    	}	
    	while(inStream.hasNextLine()){	
    		Catalog[count] = new Book(inStream.nextInt(),inStream.next(),inStream.nextInt(),inStream.next(),inStream.next());
    		System.out.println(Catalog[count]);
    		count++;
    	}
    	inStream.close(); 
            System.out.println(Catalog[count]);
    	}
    }
    Here is my code for the book class also:
    package assg2_Harris;
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    import java.io.*;
     
    public class Book {
     
    	private int bookid;
    	private String bookname;
    	private int isbn;
    	private String author;
    	private String genre;
     
    	public Book(){
    		bookid = 0;
    		bookname = "";
    		isbn = 0;
    		author = "";
    		genre = "";
    	}
    	public Book(int id, String title, int i, String name, String genre){
    		bookid = id;
    		bookname = title;
    		isbn = i;
    		author = name;
    		this.genre = genre ;
    	}
     
    	public int getBookId(){
    		return  bookid;
    	}
     
    	public String getBookname() {
    		return bookname;
    	}
     
    	public int getIsbn() {
    		return isbn;
    	}
     
    	public String getAuthor() {
    		return author;
    	}
     
    	public String getGenre() {
    		return genre;
    	}
     
    	public String toString(){
    		return ("Book id: " + bookid + ", Title: " + bookname + ", ISBN: " 
    				+ isbn + ", Author: " 
    				+ author + ", Genre: " + genre); 
    	}
    And also my txt file looks like this:

    12345 Emma 0111111111 Rowling Fiction
    15678 Timmy 135378564 Jesus NonFiction

    Now i'm having a problem with this line file input class:

    Catalog[count] = new Book(inStream.nextInt(),inStream.next(),inStream.n extInt(),inStream.next(),inStream.next());

    The print statement is under it to see whats going on inside the array.

    Anyway when I try to run my program this is what happens:

    Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.next(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
    at assg2_Harris.FileInput.main(FileInput.java:24)

    Book id: 12345, Title: Emma, ISBN: 111111111, Author: Rowling, Genre: Fiction.

    Please help i have no idea why the lines inside the while loop aren't working for what i want to do....

    Here's the link to my assignment prompt if you want to take a look at that.
    https://blackboard.ecu.edu/bbcswebda...ssignment2.pdf


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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    Place your code inside code tags for formatting and readability.

    [C0DE=java]
    <code>
    [/CODE]

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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.next(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
    at assg2_Harris.FileInput.main(FileInput.java:24)
    When the nextInt() method is called on line 24, there is no data available to be read.
    Make sure that the file being read has all the data that the program is trying to read.
    The Scanner class has methods whose names start with hasNext that can be used to test if there is data available before calling the method to read the data.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    What do you mean by there's no data available to read? I thought each next method gets a specific piece of information from my text file and stores into into the variables in my Book object. I can get it to work for one Book object if i take it out of the while loop but as soon as i put a while loop around it i get the error.

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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    Print out all data as it is read from the file. When you get the error message you will know where the program was when it tried to read and got the error: NoSuchElementException
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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    How would i go about printing it out as it's read in since it's only being read in parameters?

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    Default Re: File input using Scanner help.

    Change the code to read into variables, print the values of the variables and use those variables as args to the constructor.
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