Array required but object found - java

Question

I'm new to java. I'm following a tutorial to retrieve images and other data from db to a jTable. Data will retrieve to an ArrayList first, and I get this error saying array required but object found. I have added all my code. The error is in the TheModel.java file. Any help would be appreciated.

Course.java

package my.welcomescreen;


public class Course {
    private int id;
    private String name;
    private byte[] imag;
    private String desc;

public Course(){}

public Course(int Id, String Name, byte[] image, String description){
    this.id = Id;
    this.name = Name;
    this.imag = image;
    this.desc = description;
}

public int getID(){
    return id;
}

public void setID(int ID){
    this.id = ID;
}

public String getName(){
    return name;
}

public void setName(String Name){
    this.name = Name;
}

public byte[] getImage(){
    return imag;
}

public String getDesc(){
    return desc;
}

public void setDesc(String Description){
    this.desc = Description;
}
}

MainQuery.java

package my.welcomescreen;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class MainQuery {

    public ArrayList<Course> BindTable(){
    ArrayList<Course> list = new ArrayList<Course>();
    db databaseCon = new db();
    Connection dbconnect = db.dbconnect();
    Connection con = databaseCon.dbconnect();
    Statement st;
    ResultSet rs;

    try{
        st = con.createStatement();
        String sql = "select id,name,img,description from courses";
        rs = st.executeQuery(sql);

        Course c;
        while(rs.next()){
            c = new Course(
                            rs.getInt("id"),
                            rs.getString("name"),
                            rs.getBytes("img"),
                            rs.getString("description")
                           );

        }

    } catch (SQLException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(Admin_Panel.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }

    return list;

   }


}

TheModel.java

package my.welcomescreen;

import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;


public class TheModel extends AbstractTableModel {

    private String[] columns;
    private Object[] rows;

    public TheModel(){}

    public TheModel(Object[][] data, String[] columnName){
        this.rows = data;
        this.columns = columnName;
    }

    public Class getColumnClass(int Column){
        if(Column == 2){
            return Icon.class;
        } else {
            return getValueAt(0,Column).getClass();
        }
    }


    public int getRowCount() {
        return this.rows.length;
    }


    public int getColumnCount() {
        return this.columns.length;
    }


public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
     return this.rows[rowIndex][columnIndex]; //this is the error line : array required but object found
}

public String getColumnName(int col){
    return this.columns[col];
}

}

Main Method

public void displayJTable(){
    MainQuery mq = new MainQuery();
    ArrayList<Course> list = mq.BindTable();
    String[] columnName = {"Id","Course Name","Image","Description"};
    Object[][] rows = new Object[list.size()][3];
    for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++){
        rows[i][0] = list.get(i).getID();
        rows[i][1] = list.get(i).getName();

        if(list.get(i).getImage() != null){

         ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon(new ImageIcon(list.get(i).getImage()).getImage()
         .getScaledInstance(150, 120, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH) );   

        rows[i][2] = image;
        }

        rows[i][3] = list.get(i).getDesc();
    }

    TheModel model = new TheModel(rows, columnName);
    jTable1.setModel(model);
    jTable1.setRowHeight(120);
    jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setPreferredWidth(150);


}

Quit using multiple userids: stackoverflow.com/users/5832930/kasun — camickr
– camickr, Commented May 20, 2017 at 3:31

dumbPotato21 · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19 22:11:54Z

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In TheModel, it should be

public class TheModel extends AbstractTableModel {

    private String[] columns;
    private Object[][] rows; //since data is 2 dimensional array
    ..//rest of code
}

edited May 19, 2017 at 22:11

answered May 19, 2017 at 21:54

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Kassa Over a year ago

Error is now fixed thanks to you !. But it was supposed to display the sql results in the table. But nothing is happening. I have 4 columns in the database and 4 columns in the table as well. help me please

Lajos Arpad · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19 22:10:47Z

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rows is an Object array in your case, but you need an array of arrays of Objects

Object[] -> Object[][]

answered May 19, 2017 at 22:10

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camickr · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-20 00:10:31Z

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Your TableModel is wrong. Don't:

Use an Array to hold the Course objects, because you don't know how big to make the Array to hold all the objects.
Use a 2D Array as a parameter to construct the class.

Instead:

Use an ArrayList to hold the Course objects. The ArrayList size will increase automatically as more space is needed to hold all the objects.
Pass in the ArrayList as a parameter when you create the model.

See Row Table Model for a step by step example on how to create a custom TableModel for a custom Object.

edited May 20, 2017 at 0:10

answered May 20, 2017 at 0:05

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