non-static method...static context

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Lex - 01 Dec 2003 16:42 GMT

Hi

this code is for a subtitle pane in our GUI.

when we try to call

Subtitle.setSubtitleText("whatever");

from another class we get this error:

Game2.java:198: non-static method setSubtitleText(java.lang.String) cannot
be re
ferenced from a static context
Subtitle.setSubtitleText("Woohoo!");
^
1 error

Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks

Leo

code:

import javax.swing.*;

public class Subtitle extends JPanel {
// Set up the components in the frame.

public Subtitle(int gameNumber, String text){
super();
setLayout(null);

// Create the text label.
labelText = new JLabel("<html><left>" +
text +
"</left></html>");
add(labelText);
labelText.setBounds(10, 5, 580, 24);

// Create the subtitle label.
ImageIcon iconSubtitle = Brainbug.createImageIcon("Game" +
gameNumber +
"/Images/Subtitle.jpg", "Subtitle");
JLabel labelSubtitle = new JLabel(iconSubtitle);
add(labelSubtitle);
labelSubtitle.setBounds(0, 0, 600, 36);
}
// Set the text on the text label.
public void setSubtitleText(String text){
labelText.setText("<html><left>" + text
+ "</left></html>");
}

// Text label.
private JLabel labelText;
}

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Tor Iver Wilhelmsen - 01 Dec 2003 18:14 GMT

> Subtitle.setSubtitleText("whatever");

You need an instance:

Subtitle aSubtitle = new Subtitle();
aSubtitle.setSubtitle("whatever");

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Steve Horsley - 01 Dec 2003 21:35 GMT

> Hi
>
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>
> Leo

<snip>

http://www.google.com/search?q=java+non+static+method+static+context

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Fahd Shariff - 03 Dec 2003 09:50 GMT

...or change the method into a static method:

public static void setSubtitleText(String text){
labelText.setText("<html><left>" + text
+ "</left></html>");
}

u will also need to declare the label static:

// Text label.
private static JLabel labelText;

----
Fahd

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Christian Kaufhold - 03 Dec 2003 14:29 GMT

> super();
> setLayout(null);

super(null);

> // Create the text label.
> labelText = new JLabel("<html><left>" +

^^^^^^

???

Christian

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