Display function in Scoreboard class in unable to print the value of the object game entry.
Value is fetched by the add function and also begin assign to object array.
When value is been it show the error.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Scoreboard.display(Scoreboard.java:73)
73 line - Display block in Scoreboard class.
Unable to print the value from display block
import java.util.*;
class Game_entry
{
String name;
int score=0;
Game_entry(String n,int s){
name=n;
score=s;
System.out.println(name);
System.out.println(s);
}
String getname()
{
return name;
}
int getscore()
{
return score;
}
void display()
{
System.out.println("name:"+name+" score:"+score);
}
}
public class Scoreboard {
static int num_entries;
Game_entry[] board;
Scoreboard(int capacity)
{
board=new Game_entry[capacity];
}
void add(Game_entry e)
{
int newscore=e.getscore();
if(num_entries<board.length || newscore>board[num_entries-1].getscore())
{
if(num_entries<board.length){
++num_entries;
System.out.println("hello");
System.out.println(num_entries);
}
int j=num_entries-1;
while(j>0 && board[j-1].getscore()<newscore)
{
System.out.println("hello");
board[j]=board[j-1];
j--;
}
board[j]=e;
System.out.println(board[0].getname());
System.out.println(board[0].getscore());
}
System.out.println(num_entries);
}
void display()
{
System.out.println(num_entries);
System.out.println("Total no. of enteries"+num_entries);
if(num_entries==0)
{
System.out.println("no entries");
}
else
{
for(int i=0;i<num_entries;i++)
System.out.println(board[i].getname());
System.out.println(board[i].getscore());
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
int c;
boolean a=true;
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
while(a==true)
{
System.out.println("\n\n\n MENU ");
System.out.println("1.Insertion");
System.out.println("2.Deletion");
System.out.println("3.Display");
System.out.println("4.Exit");
System.out.println("Enter your choice");
c=sc.nextInt();
Scoreboard sco=new Scoreboard(100);
switch(c)
{
case 1:
String m;
int n;
System.out.println("Enter name");
m=sc.next();
System.out.println("enter score");
n=sc.nextInt();
Game_entry ge=new Game_entry(m,n);
sco.add(ge);
break;
case 2:
// int x;
// System.out.println("enter the index from where element must b deleted");
// x=sc.nextInt();
// sco.remove(x);
// break;
case 3:
sco.display();
break;
case 4:
a=false;
break;
default:
System.out.println("enter correct choice");
}
}
}
}
