Thread: Help!, newbie, interested in Java, Very simple code, completely stuck!

//This code reports a non static method and I have not got a clue why, can anyone help?
 
package google;
 
import com.google.gdata.client.*;
import com.google.gdata.client.sites.*;
import com.google.gdata.data.*;
import com.google.gdata.data.acl.*;
import com.google.gdata.data.media.*;
import com.google.gdata.data.sites.*;
import com.google.gdata.data.spreadsheet.*;  // If working with listpages / listitems
import com.google.gdata.util.*;
 
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class Google {
    public static SitesService client = new SitesService("NCC-Google-App-v1");
 
 
public String getSiteFeedUrl() {
  String domain = "nsix.org.uk";
  return "https://sites.google.com/feeds/site/" + domain + "/";
}
 
public SiteEntry createSite(String title, String summary, String theme, String tag)
    throws MalformedURLException, IOException, ServiceException {
  SiteEntry entry = new SiteEntry();
  entry.setTitle(new PlainTextConstruct(title));
  entry.setSummary(new PlainTextConstruct(summary));
 
  Theme tt = new Theme();
  tt.setValue(theme);
  entry.setTheme(tt);
 
  entry.getCategories().add(new Category(TagCategory.Scheme.TAG, tag, null));
 
  return client.insert(new URL(getSiteFeedUrl()), entry);
}
 
public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 
// Non static method on the following line
 
   SiteEntry newSiteEntry = createSite("My Site Title", "summary for site", "slate", "tag");
 
}   
 
}

createSite is not a static method, so you can't call it without having an instance of that class.

Also, that doesn't look like "very simple code" to me. "Hello world" is very simple code. If you're new to Java I suggest you read some basic tutorials first.

When you get errors, please copy and paste here the full text of the error message.

Originally Posted by Norm

When you get errors, please copy and paste here the full text of the error message.

Here you go, compiler errors

Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\riskf\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Google\b uild\classes
C:\Users\riskf\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Google\s rc\google\Google.java:41: non-static method createSite(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java. lang.String,java.lang.String) cannot be referenced from a static context
SiteEntry newSiteEntry = createSite("My Site Title", "summary for site", "slate", "tag");
1 error
C:\Users\riskf\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Google\n bproject\build-impl.xml:603: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\riskf\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Google\n bproject\build-impl.xml:245: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)

error.jpg

The error message says that at line 41 in your program you call a method: createSite.
The code at Line 41 is in a static method. The method called is not a static method and can only be used when an object exists.
Either make the method being called static, or create an instance of the object and use that instance to call the method.
Also See OutputStream's response.