Final Beatbox/musicserver problem

[Jamie Laurent]

I have nearly finished finding all the issues in my code yet this last one has me stumped..

public void go(){
  clientOutputStreams = new ArrayList<ObjectOutputStream>();
  
  try{
   ServerSocket serverSock = new ServerSocket(4242);
   
   while(true){
    Socket clientSocket = new serverSock.accept();
	ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
	clientOutputStreams.add(out);
	
	Thread t = new Thread(new ClientHandler(clientSocket));
	t.start();
	System.out.println("Have a connection");
   }//end while loop
  }//end try
   catch(Exception ex){
    ex.printStackTrace();
   }//end catch
 }//end go

C:\Javaapps\midiplayer>javac MusicServer.java
MusicServer.java:50: error: package serverSock does not exist
Socket clientSocket = new serverSock.accept();
^
1 error

I cant for the life of me figure out what the problem is?

[John de Michele]

Jamie,

One way that you can help others help you is to wrap your java in code tags. It's much easier to read that way, and more people will help you.

John.

[Campbell Ritchie]

You have the name of a local variable after new; new should be followed by the class name, so the compiler thinks you have the package name and gets stuck at that point.

[Jamie Laurent]

code tags would be done how? i will keep it in mind for future issues.

so the book is wrong? i typed it right from the book and that is how it is typed.. what is the proper fix for it? remove new?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Jamie Laurent wrote:code tags would be done how? i will keep it in mind for future issues.

I have edited your post and you can see how much better it looks. Push the code button; the dropdown list to its left will usually read “Java”, and put your cursor in the gap between ] and [

so the book is wrong? i typed it right from the book and that is how it is typed.. what is the proper fix for it? remove new?

You sure you have copied it correctly? Which page is it on?

[Jamie Laurent]

Man, now i feel dumb. I must have moved the new from the line below to one above.. thanks for the help. i will put my stuff in the code tags when needed now. thank you again.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Think nothing of it. I have spent this afternoon going through the “Java in General” forum and come back two hours later to find I have misunderstood every question I answered. Everybody does that sort of thing.