Question

Im Having Problems Figuring Out Why I am Receiving an “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” Error in the Presentation Layer with this line:

TempAccountManager.Accounts.Add(tempAccount);

I Have Walked Through the Code With Visual Studios Debugger and the Account Gets Created. I Believe I Have an Issue With an Access Modifer, Not Sure.

Presentation Layer

using myBudget.BusinessObject;
using myBudget.BusinessLogic;

namespace myBudget
{
    public partial class NewBudgetWizard : Form
    {

        public int CurrentStep { get; set; }

        public Account TempAccount = new Account();
        public AccountManager TempAccountManager = new AccountManager();

        public NewBudgetWizard()
        {

        private void createAccountList(ListView lvAccounts)
        {

            foreach (ListViewItem lvi in lvAccounts.Items)
            {

                int tempAccNumber = Int32.Parse(lvi.SubItems[0].Text);
                string tempAccName = lvi.SubItems[1].Text;
                string tempAccType = lvi.SubItems[2].Text;
                decimal tempAccBalance = decimal.Parse(lvi.SubItems[3].Text, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Currency);

                Account tempAccount = new Account(tempAccNumber, tempAccName, tempAccType, tempAccBalance, DateTime.Now);
                TempAccount = new Account(tempAccNumber, tempAccName, tempAccType, tempAccBalance, DateTime.Now);

                TempAccountManager.Accounts.Add(tempAccount);

            }

        }

    }
}

Business Logic Layer

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections;
using myBudget.BusinessObject;

namespace myBudget.BusinessLogic
{
    public class AccountManager : Account
    {

        public List<Account> Accounts { get; set; }

    }
}

Business Object

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace myBudget.BusinessObject
{
    public class Account
    {

        public int AccountID { get; set; }

        public int UserID { get; set; }

        public int Number { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public string Type { get; set; }

        public decimal Balance { get; set; }

        public DateTime ReconcileTimeStamp { get; set; }

        public Account()
        {

        }

        public Account(int number, string name, string type, decimal balance, DateTime reconcileTimeStamp)
        {
            Number = number;
            Name = name;
            Type = type;
            Balance = balance;
            ReconcileTimeStamp = reconcileTimeStamp;
        }

    }
}

Answer 1

The AccountManager Class Never Initializes The Accounts Property. Therefore TempAccountManager.Accounts Is Null.

Adding A Constructor Like This Will Fix It.

public class AccountManager : Account
{
    public AccountManager()
    {
        Accounts = new List<Account>();
    }

    public List<Account> Accounts { get; set; }

}