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    Hello, my task is to create a new Sudoku object and then create a new SudokuWindow object, passing the Sudoku object as a constructor parameter.

    I am given

    SudokuWindow
    import javax.swing.*;
    import javax.swing.border.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
     
    public class SudokuWindow extends JFrame
    {
        private static final Color lockedColor = new Color(233, 233, 233);
        private static final Color bgColor = Color.white;
        private static final Color hoverColor = new Color(211, 255, 211);
        private static final Border regionBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(new Color(102, 102, 153));
        private static final Border cellBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(new Color(221, 221, 238));
        private static final Border hoverBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black);
        private static final Cursor defaultCursor = new Cursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR);
        private Sudoku sudoku;
        private State state;
        private int lockCount;
        private BoardPanel boardPanel;
        private StatusPanel statusPanel;
     
        public SudokuWindow(Sudoku sudoku)
        {
            this.sudoku = sudoku;
            state = State.configuring;
            lockCount = 0;
            boardPanel = new BoardPanel();
            statusPanel = new StatusPanel();
            JPanel boardContainer = new JPanel();
            boardContainer.setBackground(bgColor);
            boardContainer.add(boardPanel);
            add(boardContainer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
            add(statusPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
            pack();
            setVisible(true);
        }
     
        class BoardPanel extends JPanel
        {
            public BoardPanel()
            {
                int size = sudoku.getSize();
                setLayout(new GridLayout(size, size));
                for (int row = 0; row < size; row++)
                    for (int col = 0; col < size; col++)
                        add(new RegionPanel(row, col));
            }
        }
     
        class RegionPanel extends JPanel
        {
            private JTextField[][] fields;
            private boolean[][] locked;
     
            public RegionPanel(int regRow, int regCol)
            {
                final int size = sudoku.getSize();
                final int bigSize = size*size;
                setLayout(new GridLayout(size, size));
                setBorder(regionBorder);
                fields = new JTextField[size][size];
                locked = new boolean[size][size];
                for (int row = 0; row < size; row++)
                    for (int col = 0; col < size; col++)
                    {
                        final int frow = row, fcol = col;
                        final JTextField field = new JTextField();
                        field.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
                                {
                                    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent event)
                                    {
                                        if (!locked[frow][fcol])
                                        {
                                            field.requestFocus();
                                            field.setBackground(hoverColor);
                                            field.setBorder(hoverBorder);
                                        }
                                    }
     
                                    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent event)
                                    {
                                        if (!locked[frow][fcol])
                                        {
                                            field.setBackground(bgColor);
                                            field.setBorder(cellBorder);
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                );
                        field.setCursor(defaultCursor);
                        field.setBorder(cellBorder);
                        field.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(35, 35));
                        field.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
                        field.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 16));
                        final int region = regRow*size + regCol + 1;
                        final int cell = row*size + col + 1;
                        field.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
                                {
                                    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent event)
                                    {
                                        if (locked[frow][fcol])
                                            return;
                                        int number;
                                        try
                                        {
                                            number = Integer.parseInt(field.getText());
                                            if (number > bigSize) number /= 10;
                                            if (number < 1) number = 1;
                                        }
                                        catch (Exception e)
                                        {
                                            number = Cell.BLANK;
                                        }
                                        boolean lock = state == State.configuring && number != Cell.BLANK;
                                        sudoku.enterNumber(region, cell, number, lock);
                                        number = sudoku.getNumber(region, cell);
                                        field.setText(number == Cell.BLANK ? "" : (""+number));
                                        if (lock)
                                        {
                                            field.setEditable(false);
                                            field.setBackground(lockedColor);
                                            field.setBorder(cellBorder);
                                            lockCount++;
                                            if (lockCount >= size*size*size*size/3)
                                            {
                                                state = State.playing;
                                                statusPanel.update();
                                            }
                                        }
                                        if (sudoku.isSolved())
                                        {
                                            state = State.solved;
                                            statusPanel.update();
                                        }
                                        locked[frow][fcol] |= lock;
                                    }
                                }
                                );
                        add(field);
                        fields[row][col] = field;
                    }
            }
        }
     
        class StatusPanel extends JPanel
        {
            private JLabel label;
     
            public StatusPanel()
            {
                setBackground(bgColor);
                add(label = new JLabel());
                label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 18));
                update();
            }
     
            public void update()
            {
                label.setText(message());
            }
     
            private String message()
            {
                switch (state)
                {
                    case configuring: return "Please initialise the puzzle...";
                    case playing: return "Puzzle ready to solve";
                    case solved: return "It's SOLVED!!!";
                    default: return "Invalid state?";
                }
            }
        }
     
        enum State { configuring, playing, solved }
    }

    Sudoku
    public class Sudoku
    {
        private Group reg1, reg2, reg3, reg4;
        private Group row1, row2, row3, row4;
        private Group col1, col2, col3, col4;
     
        public Sudoku()
        {
            Cell c1  = new Cell(), c2  = new Cell(), c3  = new Cell(), c4  = new Cell();
            Cell c5  = new Cell(), c6  = new Cell(), c7  = new Cell(), c8  = new Cell();
            Cell c9  = new Cell(), c10 = new Cell(), c11 = new Cell(), c12 = new Cell();
            Cell c13 = new Cell(), c14 = new Cell(), c15 = new Cell(), c16 = new Cell();
     
            reg1 = new Group(c1, c2, c5, c6);
            reg2 = new Group(c3, c4, c7, c8);
            reg3 = new Group(c9, c10, c13, c14);
            reg4 = new Group(c11, c12, c15, c16);
     
            row1 = new Group(c1, c2, c3, c4);
            row2 = new Group(c5, c6, c7, c8);
            row3 = new Group(c9, c10, c11, c12);
            row4 = new Group(c13, c14, c15, c16);
     
            col1 = new Group(c1, c5, c9, c13);
            col2 = new Group(c2, c6, c10, c14);
            col3 = new Group(c3, c7, c11, c15);
            col4 = new Group(c4, c8, c12, c16);
        }
     
        public void enterNumber(int region, int cell, int number, boolean lock)
        {
            getRegion(region).enterNumber(cell, number, lock);
        }
     
        public int getNumber(int region, int cell)
        {
            return getRegion(region).getCell(cell).getNumber();
        }
     
        private Group getRegion(int regionNumber)
        {
            switch (regionNumber)
            {
                case 1: return reg1;
                case 2: return reg2;
                case 3: return reg3;
                case 4: return reg4;
            }
            return null;
        }
     
        public boolean isSolved()
        {
            return reg1.isSolved() && reg2.isSolved() && reg3.isSolved() && reg4.isSolved()
                && row1.isSolved() && row2.isSolved() && row3.isSolved() && row4.isSolved()
                && col1.isSolved() && col2.isSolved() && col3.isSolved() && col4.isSolved();
        }
     
        public void print()
        {
            System.out.println();
            row1.print();
            row2.print();
            row3.print();
            row4.print();
            System.out.println();
        }
     
        public int getSize()
        {
            return 2;
        }
    }

    My attempt to link the Window to the main.

    import java.util.*;
     
    public class GraphicalMain
    {
        private static Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        private static SudokuWindow sudokuWindow;
        private static Sudoku sudoku;
     
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            sudoku = new Sudoku();
            sudoku = new SudokuWindow(Sudoku, sudoku);
        }
    }

    Please any advice or help would be greatly appreicated.
    I'm getting the error at
    sudoku = new SudokuWindow(Sudoku, sudoku);
    saying [ or ( expected but I think that isn't the problem.

    Thanks
    Last edited by derky; October 27th, 2009 at 04:33 AM.


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    Default Re: Passing objects as a constructor parameter

    This is just like passing a parameter to any type of method.

            sudoku = new Sudoku();
            sudokuWindow = new SudokuWindow(sudoku);

    Something like that should work better looking at your code above.

    // Json

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    Default Re: Passing objects as a constructor parameter

    thanks alot Json!
    I spent ages playing around with inside the brackets +_+
    Cheers

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