Error on Lcd

[Eoin]

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import lejos.navigation.*;
import lejos.nxt.*;


public class DirectionTest {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
     
      Navigator robot = new TachoNavigator(5.6F, 13.0F,Motor.C, Motor.B, false);
      robot.setSpeed(450);
     RobotMover b = new RobotMover();
    b.north();
    
    
   }
   
}

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public class RobotMover
{

Pilot robot;

int NORTH = 0;
int SOUTH = 180;
int WEST  = 270;
int EAST  = 90;
int facing = 0;

public RobotMover()
{
}

/*public int facing()
{
   return NORTH; //or SOUTH EAST WEST...needs a bit of thinking!
}
*/



public void north()
{
   //if facing north : forward ()
      if(facing == NORTH)
      {
         robot.travel(25);
      }
   
   //if facing south : rotate180(); forward ()
      else if(facing ==SOUTH)
      {
         robot.rotate(180);
         robot.travel(25);
      }
 
   //if facing west  : rotate90Anticlockwise(); forward()
      else if(facing ==WEST)
      {
         robot.rotate(90);
         robot.travel(25);
      }
      
   //if facing east  : rotate90Clockwise(); forward()
      else if(facing == EAST)
      {
         robot.rotate(-90);
         robot.travel(25);
      }
}


I am having problems with above snippets to try and get the robot to move in a direction. the code compiles and links to the NXt however when i run it i get the following errors to the Lcd,
i havent seen errors on the LCD so i m stumpted


Java Exception
Class: 8
Method: 22
PC: 2215

[gloomyandy]

Hi,
To help you understand the meaning of the LCD output take a look at...
http://lejos.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1215&highlight=exception

In your case the error is a NullPointerException. This is caused because your RobotMover class has class member robot that is used by the north method, but it does not seem to ever be initialized. You probably need to pass the robot variable from your main method into the RobotMover constructor and use it to initialize the RobotMover version of robot...

Andy

[ChrisB01]

This is a null pointer exception, you can decode the class by looking at the faq. I think in this case it dislikes the uninitialised pilot object "robot" in the second code snippet. A null pointer exception occurs if you try to use an object which is null (has no value). Perhaps to fix the problem you could add a pilot object to the constructor:

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RobotMover b = new RobotMover(robot);

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public RobotMover(Pilot newRobot)
{
robot = newRobot;
}

Chris

[Eoin]

Cheers Lads, that sorted it


Eoin