Thread: Help with my Java applet

Hi guys,

I have two questions.

1 - I don't understand why I'm getting an empty stack error when calling the removecard method in my Table class line 13?

2 - I am trying to use a constructor to populate my deck of cards instead of a method when creating my theDeck object in my Table class line 11 but I get the following error:

java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Stack.<init>(Unknown Source)
at Deck.<init>(Deck.java:7)
at Deck.<init>(Deck.java:34)

public class Card {
 
	String enseigne;
	int valeur;
 
	public String toString(){
 
		String v, l, x;
 
		switch(valeur){
		case 1:
			v = "As";
			break;
		case 2:
			v = "deux";
			break;
		case 3:
			v = "trois";
			break;
		case 4:
			v = "quatre";
			break;
		case 5:
			v = "cinq";
			break;
		case 6:
			v = "six";
			break;
		case 7:
			v = "sept";
			break;
		case 8:
			v = "huit";
			break;
		case 9:
			v = "neuf";
			break;
		case 10:
			v = "dix";
			break;
		case 11:
			v = "Valet";
			break;
		case 12:
			v = "Dame";
			break;
		case 13:
			v = "Roi";
			break;
			default:
				v = "oh no, SKYNET!";
		}
 
		if(v == "Dame"){
			l = "La ";
		}
		else if(v == "As"){
			l = "L'";
		}
		else
		{
			l = "Le ";
		}
 
		if(v == "oh no, SKYNET!"){
			x = "Cheater!!";
		}
		else{
			x = l + v + " de " + enseigne;
		}
 
		return x;
	}
}

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.EmptyStackException;
import java.util.Stack;
 
public class Deck {
 
	Stack<Card> stackedCards = new Stack<Card>();
 
	public void addCard(Card x){
		stackedCards.push(x);
		System.out.println("Cards in deck: " + stackedCards.size());
	}
 
	public Card removeCard(){
		Card card0 = new Card();
		try{
			card0 = stackedCards.pop();
		}catch(EmptyStackException e){
			System.out.println("Error, empty stack : (");
		}
		return card0;
	} 
 
	public void shuffleCards(){
		try{
			Collections.shuffle(stackedCards);
		}catch (EmptyStackException e){
			System.out.println("Error, empty stack : (");
		}
	}
 
	/*  Deck(){ Constructor not working : s */
	public void buildDeck(){
 
		Deck deck = new Deck();
 
		for(int i=0; i<52; i++){
 
			Card card0 = new Card();
 
			if(i<13){
				card0.enseigne = "Piques";
				card0.valeur = i+1;
			}
			else if(i<26){
				card0.enseigne = "Carreaux";
				card0.valeur = i-12;
			}
			else if(i<39){
				card0.enseigne = "Coeurs";
				card0.valeur = i-25;
			}
			else{
				card0.enseigne = "Trefles";
				card0.valeur = i-38;
			}
 
			System.out.println(card0.toString());
 
			deck.addCard(card0);
		}
 
		deck.shuffleCards();
	}
 
}

import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Table extends JApplet {
 
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2501;
 
	public void init(){
 
		System.out.println("init()...");
 
		Deck theDeck = new Deck();
		theDeck.buildDeck();
		theDeck.removeCard();
	}
 
	public void start(){
 
		System.out.println("start()...");
	}
 
	public void stop(){
 
		System.out.println("stop()...");
	}
 
	public void destroy(){
 
		System.out.println("destroy()...");
	}
 
}

Thank you for your time.

I'm glad you posted the error, because a java.lang.StackOverflowError is the opposite of an "empty stack." The stack contains the breadcrumbs which the program will follow to retrace its steps, and your program has left so many breadcrumbs that the stack has become full. This usually occurs when a recursive method has no exit or when a method or constructor accidentally becomes recursive by calling itself. Check into that.

Your two questions are probably related.