Question

i have a class like that in the package map1:

import android.graphics.Bitmap;

public class Map {

    public Bitmap Structure;

    public String name;

    public Integer ID;
}

in a different project a have the following code:

public class dummy {
    map1.Map MM = new map1.Map();
    MM.ID = 5;//this line is a error: "Syntax error on token "ID", VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token"
}

i checked the references and all is O.K. (as far as I could tell)
i have a different and there all works fine. i couldn’t find any significant difference, but I’m quite new to eclipse.

why does that happen and how do I make my second project work?

Answer 1

Your code is broken, basically. This statement:

MM.ID = 5;

is not inside a constructor, method, or initializer. It needs to be. For example, you might want to put it in a constructor:

public class dummy {
    map1.Map MM = new map1.Map();

    public dummy() {
        MM.ID = 5;
    }
}

I suspect your other working class doesn’t have such a syntax error.

(Aside from that, it would be a very good idea to start using private variables, avoiding clashes with standard library types such as Map, and following Java naming conventions.)