Question

I’m sure I’m missing something silly, here is my code:

public class clearBlankGrid {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        Monster myMonster = new Monster(10,10,5,5,1);
        MonsterGUI myGUI = new MonsterGUI(myMonster);

        if (myMonster.getRows() > 0) {   
            // 0 = North, 1 = East, 2 = South, 3 = West
            myMonster.setFacing(3);
            myMonster.setIcon();
        }

    }

    public static void keepClearing() {

        myMonster.isGridCleared(); // Cannot find symbol 'myMonster'

    }

}

Answer 1

myMonster needs to be a static member if you want to access it in the keepClearing method (which is static).

Note: For reference you could also avoid making the Monster member static by actually instantiating your clearBlankGrid class. Monster can then be an instance variable of clearBlankGrid which means the keepClearing method no longer has to be static.

public class clearBlankGrid {

   private Monster myMonster;
   private MonsterGUI myGUI;

   public void run() {
       myMonster = new Monster(10,10,5,5,1);
       myGUI = new MonsterGUI(myMonster);

       if (myMonster.getRows() > 0) {   
            // 0 = North, 1 = East, 2 = South, 3 = West
            myMonster.setFacing(3);
            myMonster.setIcon();
        }
   }

    public void keepClearing() {
        myMonster.isGridCleared();
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        clearBlankGrid blankGrid = new clearBlankGrid();
        blankGrid.run();
    }
}