Question

I have a class called ElementInfo

public class ElementInfo {

    public String name;
    public String symbol;
    public double mass;

}

Then I attempt to create an array of ElementInfo like so:

ElementInfo e[] = new ElementInfo[2];

e[0].symbol = "H";
e[0].name = "Hydrogen";
e[0].mass = 1.008;

//...

Dont tell me i have to call new for every instance of the class!

Can I do this:

ElementInfo e[] = new ElementInfo[100];
for(ElementInfo element: e){
    e = new ElementInfo();
}

Answer 1

You have to call new for every element of the class.

public class ElementInfo {

    private String name;
    private String symbol;
    private double mass;

    public String get_name() { return name; }
    public String get_symbol() { return symbol; }
    public double get_mass() { return mass; }

    public ElementInfo(name, symbol, mass) {
        this.name = name;
        this.symbol = symbol;
        this.mass = mass;
    }
}

Then create them like so:

e[0] = new ElementInfo("H", "Hydrogen", 1.008);