I am attempting to change the following array line into an ArrayList that will function the same way:
private String[] books = new String[5];
I changed it to this but it is not functioning properly:
private ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(books))
I thought this was how an ArrayList was created
You need to create it like this:
private ArrayList<String> booksList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(books));
new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(books)) is the part which is turning your array into an ArrayList.
You could also do:
private List<String> booksList = Arrays.asList(books);
If the fact that it is an ArrayList doesn't matter.
ArrayList cannot be resolved to a type
package your.package.name; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; (...) at the top of your file.import java.util.Arrays package.
