Hi,

I am trying out a bank account program using the corejava package.
I am getting a run-time eception when I create a new account & am unable to trace where the error is.

Plz help. I am giving the code below.

import corejava.Console;
/****************************************************************
**cLASS bANKaCCOUNT REPRESENTING THE RUN-TIME MULTI-USER SYSTEM**
****************************************************************/
public class BankAccount
{
    /****************************
    **DATA OF bANKaCCOUNT CLASS**
    ****************************/
    private static final int MAXACC=10;
    private static int acc_logged_in;
    private static int no_acc_created;
    private static Account[] database;
    /*******************************
    **METHODS OF bANKaCCOUNT CLASS**
    *******************************/
    // initialisation block
    {
        acc_logged_in=-1;
        no_acc_created=0;
        database=new Account[MAXACC];
    }
    private static void createnew()
    {
        String str;
        no_acc_created++;
        acc_logged_in=no_acc_created;
        str=Console.readLine("\nEnter your name : ");
        database[acc_logged_in].SETname(str);
        database[acc_logged_in].SETbalance(Console.readInt("Enter your initial balance : "));          
        database[acc_logged_in].SETaccountid((int)(Math.random()*32000));                              
        System.out.println("Your account I.D. is " + database[acc_logged_in].GETaccountid());
        System.out.println("Account created successfully...\n\n");
    }
    private static void login()
    {
        int i,no;
        boolean found=false;
        no=Console.readInt("\nEnter your account I.D. : ");
        for(i=0;i<no_acc_created;i++)
        {
            if(no==database[i].GETaccountid())
            {
                acc_logged_in=i;
                found=true;
                break;
            }
        }
        if(found==true)
            System.out.println("Logged in successfully as " + database[acc_logged_in].GETname() + "...\n\n");
        else
            System.out.println("Error : The I.D. did not match with any of the accounts !\n\n");
    }
    private static void logoff()
    {
        if(acc_logged_in==-1)
        {
            System.out.println("\nNo account is currently logged in !\n\n");
        }
        else
        {
            acc_logged_in=-1;
            System.out.println("\nLogged off your account successfully...\n\n");
        }
    }
    private static int menu()
    {
        int choice;
        System.out.println("\n\t\tBANK-ACCOUNT");
        System.out.println("\t\t~~~~~~~~~~~~");
        System.out.println("");
        System.out.println("\t<1> Create new account");
        System.out.println("\t<2> Log in your account");
        System.out.println("\t<3> Log off your account");
        System.out.println("\t<4> View current status");
        System.out.println("\t<5> Deposit an amount");
        System.out.println("\t<6> Withdraw an amount");
        System.out.println("\t<7> Exit BankAccount.java");
        do
        {
            choice=Console.readInt("\n\t\tEnter your choice (1 to 7): ");
        }
            while(choice<1||choice >7);
        return choice;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int choice;
        boolean want_to_exit=false;
        while(want_to_exit==false)
        {
            choice=menu();
            switch(choice)
            {
                case 1:
                    createnew();
                    break;
    
                case 2:
                    login();
                    break;
    
                case 3:
                    logoff();
                    break;
    
                case 4:
                    if(acc_logged_in==-1)
                    {
                        System.out.println("Error : No account is logged in !");
                        break;
                    }
                    database[acc_logged_in].view();
                    break;
    
                case 5:
                    if(acc_logged_in==-1)
                    {
                        System.out.println("Error : No account is logged in !");
                        break;
                    }
                    database[acc_logged_in].deposit();                
                    break;
    
                case 6:
                    if(acc_logged_in==-1)
                    {
                        System.out.println("Error : No account is logged in !");
                        break;
                    }
                    database[acc_logged_in].withdraw();                 
                    break;
    
                case 7:
                    want_to_exit=true;
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}
/********************************************************************
**cLASS aCCOUNT REPRESENTING EVERY INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT & ITS DETAILS**
********************************************************************/
// do not mention public\private when a class does not contain the main() to be executed
class Account
{
    /************************
    **DATA OF aCCOUNT CLASS**
    ************************/
    private String name;
    private int accountid;
    private int balance;
    /***************************
    **METHODS OF aCCOUNT CLASS**
    ***************************/ 
    public Account()
    {
        name="";
        accountid=-1;
        balance=0;
    }
    public int GETaccountid()
    {
        return accountid;
    }
    public String GETname()
    {
        return name;
    }
    public void SETname(String str)
    {
        name=str;
    }
    public void SETaccountid(int id)
    {
        accountid=id;
    }
    public void SETbalance(int bal)
    {
        balance=bal;
    }
    public void view()
    {
        System.out.println("\nName : " + name);
        System.out.println("Balance : " + balance + " Rs.\n\n");
    }
    public void deposit()
    {
        int dep=Console.readInt("\nEnter the amount you want to deposit : ");
        balance+=dep;
        System.out.println("Amount deposited successfully...\n\n");
    }
    public void withdraw()
    {
        int wit=Console.readInt("\nEnter the amount you want to withdraw : ");
        if(wit<=balance)
        {
            balance-=wit;
            System.out.println("Amount withdrawn successfully...\n\n");
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("Error : The amount you are attempting to");
            System.out.println(" withdraw is greater than your balance !\n\n");
        }
    }
}

The exception is encountered after I enter a name.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException

Your trying to access/use something that has not been defined/initialised yet. The full error message, and highlighting of the line referenced in the error message would help.

I would imagine you are getting the exception because you are trying to access an Account object in your array but you have not actually created any Account objects. The line

database=new Account[MAXACC];

creates an array of Account references, but those are still null until you assign an element an object like so

database[0] = new Account();

In your createnew() method, you are trying to call a method on an array member that does not yet have a valid object in it:

database[acc_logged_in].SETname(str);

You must create the Account object first before you reference it, so add

database[acc_logged_in] = new Account();

before you try to use any methods on that object.

There are several other OO organizational issues with the structure of the program, but that should help you deal with the null pointer.

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