Constructor with String[][] - URGENT

[farhan.foxtrot]

Running this file returns the error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Packet.<init>(test.java:20)
at test.main(test.java:46)

here:
line 20 : this.data[j] = data[j];
line 46 : Packet packet = new Packet(4,data,count,column);

can anyone help ma how to create this constructor that accepts String[][] ?

class Packet{
	
	int op_code;
	String[][] data;
	int column;
	int count;
	String type ;
	
	Packet(int op_code, String[][]data, int count, int column){
		
		data = new String[100][10];
        this.op_code = op_code;
        
        this.column = column;
        for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
        {
            for(int j=0; j<column; j++)
            {
                this.data[i][j] = data[i][j];
            }
        }
        type = "string[][]";
        this.count = count;
	}
	
}

public class test {
        

    public test() {
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    	
    	int count = 3;
    	int column = 3;
    	
    	String[][] data = new String[3][3];
    	
    	data[0][0] = "00";
    	data[0][1] = "01";
    	data[1][1] = "11";
    	
        Packet packet = new Packet(4,data,count,column);
        
    }
}

actually the purpose of this constructor was to deliver a database resultset to client which is done else where and works ok with creating String[][] data. but when i use the Packet() constructor , i get a null exception.
thank you.

[JamesCherrill]

.

[farhan.foxtrot]

Sorry my bad ... after tweaking a bit got the solution...
As it turned out to be that constructors cant handle String[] properly .. so changed the code a bit

Packet(int op_code,  int count, int column){
	
	data = new String[100][10];
        this.op_code = op_code;	
        this.column = column;
        this.count = count;
	}
	
	public void setString(String[][] data){
		
	for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
        {
            for(int j=0; j<column; j++)
            {
                this.data[i][j] = data[i][j];
            }
        }
    
	}

[JamesCherrill]

... constructors cant handle String[] properly ...

That's news to me! Can you explain how you found that out?
Thanks

[JamesCherrill]

Maybe the problem was that in your first version you overwrote the data array parameter by coding

data = new String[100][10];

when it should have been

this.data = new String[100][10];

?
I really don't think there are any special restrictions or problems with String[][] in constructors

[Ezzaral]

Constructors can handle String[] just fine, but perhaps constructor writers cannot.