Question

Let’s just get down to business. I have this line of code:

    public static Tile[] tiles = new Tile[400];

which is giving me the following error in eclipse

    Syntax error on token ";", { expected after this token

Tile is a class in the same project and package of which I want to make an array because I can’t think of any other way to do the things in the rest of the program…

I have looked on google and on stackoverflow, but can’t find the answer. Could someone explain to me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Dirk.

EDIT: Here is the Tile class:

    package com.mrdls.invade;

    public class Tile {

        public String name = "";
        public int id = 0;
        public boolean passable = false;

        public Tile(String name, int id){
            this.name = name;
            this.id = id;

            if(name == "air"){
                passable = true;
            }
        }
    }

EDIT2, here is the TilesBlocks class

    package com.mrdls.invade;

    import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

    import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

    public class TilesBlocks {

        public static BufferedImage tilesetBlocks;

        public static int pixelsPerTile = 20;

        public int[] ints = new int[20];

        public Tile[] tiles = new Tile[400];

        tiles[0] = new Tile("air", -1);
        /*public static final Tile earth = new Tile("earth", 0);
        public static final Tile stone = new Tile("stone", 1);
        public static final Tile cobblestone = new Tile("cobblestone", 2);
        public static final Tile sand = new Tile("sand", 3);
            public static final Tile sandstone = new Tile("sandstone", 4);
        public static final Tile grass = new Tile("grass", 5);
        public static final Tile woodLog = new Tile("log", 6);
        public static final Tile leaves = new Tile("leaves", 7);
        public static final Tile pumpkin = new Tile("pumpkin", 8);
        public static final Tile melon = new Tile("melon", 9);
        public static final Tile pumpkinCarved = new Tile("carved pumpkid", 10);

        public static final Tile copperOre = new Tile("copper ore", 20);
        public static final Tile tinOre = new Tile("tin ore", 21);
        public static final Tile ironOre = new Tile("iron ore", 22);
        public static final Tile silverOre = new Tile("silver ore", 23);
        public static final Tile goldOre = new Tile("gold ore", 24);

        public static final Tile diamondOre = new Tile("diamond ore", 40);
        public static final Tile emeraldOre = new Tile("emerald ore", 41);
        public static final Tile rubyOre = new Tile("ruby ore", 42);
        public static final Tile sapphireOre = new Tile("sapphire ore", 43);*/

        public TilesBlocks(){
            try{
                TilesBlocks.tilesetBlocks = ImageIO.read(Tile.class.getResourceAsStream("/tileset_terrain.png"));
            }catch(Exception e){

            }
        }
    }

Answer 1

        tiles[0] = new Tile("air", -1);

You can’t do this in your class. You need to assign it in your constructor.
Read the difference between initialization and assignment.

Initialization of field belongs outside a method, but of course is encapsulated by a class.

Assignment belongs in a method.

or you can initialize like so:

Tiles []tiles = new Tiles[]{new Tile("air",-1)} ;

And use .equals not ==