Array problem, why aren't the object references being stored?

Question

Hi,
I have a ClassRoom class, in its constructor I instantiate an array:
public class ClassRoom {
    public Teacher teacher;
    public Student[] studentList;
public ClassRoom() {
        teacher = null;
        studentList[0] = new Student();
        studentList[1] = new Student();
        studentList[2] = new Student();
        studentList[3] = new Student();
        studentList[4] = new Student();
        studentList[5] = new Student();
        studentList[6] = new Student();
        studentList[7] = new Student();
        studentList[8] = new Student();
        studentList[9] = new Student();For some reason the Array is not being filled with Student objects, here is the constructor for the Student class:
public Student() {
        name = studentFirstName[rand1] + studentLastName1[rand2] + studentLastName2[rand3];
        gender = studentGender[rand4];
        year = 1;
        learnAbility = learnAbilityNum[rand5];
        maths = randMaths.nextInt(10) + 1;
        english = randEnglish.nextInt(10) + 1;
        science = randScience.nextInt(10) + 1;
        happy = 8;
        attentionSpan = attentionSpanNum[rand9];Any suggestions? I keep getting nullExceptionPointer errors.
Edited by: drew22299 on Dec 25, 2007 10:18 AM

Answer 1

public Student[] studentList;
    public Student[] studentList = new Student[10];