Static inner class issue in Java

Question

I have defined the static inner class Tetromino but I am getting a compile error in the line:

Tetrominoes.add(tetr);

and I cannot figure out why. Am I missing something blatantly obvious?

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Tetris{

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    static class Tetromino
    {

        ArrayList<Tetromino> Tetrominoes = new ArrayList<Tetromino>();

        Tetromino tetr = new Tetromino();

        Tetrominoes.add(tetr); //This line generates an error

    }

}

In Eclipse, it underlines the line I stated above with red, however when I compile, It says:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem: 

    at Tetris.main(Tetris.java:5)

where line 5 is my declaration of the main method.

You can't put method calls directly in the body of a class.

Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis

2014-02-04 16:28:16 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:28 — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:28
Never run a program that has compiler error.

Rohit Jain
– Rohit Jain

2014-02-04 16:28:40 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:28 — Rohit Jain
– Rohit Jain, Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:28
Why shouldn't you ever run a program with a compiler error?

Christopher Shroba
– Christopher Shroba

2014-02-04 16:47:32 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:47 — Christopher Shroba
– Christopher Shroba, Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:47

Konstantin Yovkov · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04 16:28:55Z

2

This statement should be added in an non-static initializer, method or constructor:

For example, the case with the constructor will look like this:

public Tetromino() {
    Tetrominoes.add(tetr);
}

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 16:28

Konstantin Yovkov

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