Error : Array constants can only be used in initializers

Question

Hello All,
I am using tableview model and declared two-dimensional array.
Getting error Array constants can only be used in initializers in the line retVal<i>[j] =  {  {  createBy,desc,dispName }  };
String[][] retVal;
retVal = new String[20][20]
//Fetching IResorce propeties here
int resourceCounter = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
   for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
      IResource ir = list.get(i);
      createBy = ir.getCreatedBy();
      desc = ir.getDescription();
        dispName = ir.getDisplayName();
     retVal<i>[j] =  {  {  createBy,desc,dispName }  };
     resourceCounter++;
return retVal;
Please help me out.
Thanks
Risha                              }

Answer 1

I created ArrayList 
static public String[] colnames =
               "News Title",
               "Short Description",
               "Published",
               "Valid To",
               "Read Count",
               "Users Details",
               "Reply" };
     public ArrayList createData() {
           ArrayList rowArrList = new ArrayList();
          ArrayList tableArrList = new ArrayList();
          String createBy = null;
          String desc = null;
          String dispName = null;
          String lastMod = null;
          String name = null;
          String resType = null;
          try {
               com.sapportals.portal.security.usermanagement.IUser user = null;
               user = WPUMFactory.getUserFactory().getEP5User(request.getUser());
               IResourceContext resourceContext = new ResourceContext(user);
               String path = "/documents/Australia/News";
               RID rid = RID.getRID(path);
               com.sapportals.wcm.repository.IResource res =
                    ResourceFactory.getInstance().getResource(rid, resourceContext);
               IProperty prop = null;
               String propValue = null;
               PropertyName propName = null;
               if (res != null) {
                    if (res.isCollection()) {
                         ICollection collection = (ICollection) res;
                         IResourceList list = collection.getChildren();
                         int resourceCounter = 0;
                         for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {                              
//                              for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                                   IResource ir = list.get(i);
                                   createBy = ir.getCreatedBy();
                                   desc = ir.getDescription();
                                   dispName = ir.getDisplayName();
                                   lastMod = ir.getLastModifiedBy();
                                   name = ir.getName();
                                   resType = ir.getResourceType();
                                   rowArrList.add(createBy);
                                   rowArrList.add(desc);
                                   rowArrList.add(dispName);
                                   rowArrList.add(lastMod);
                                   rowArrList.add(name);
                                   rowArrList.add(resType);
                                   tableArrList.add(i,rowArrList);
                              //}//Inside for loop
                         }//First for loop
                    }//Inside If
          } catch (ResourceException e) {
               // TODO Auto-generated catch block
               response.write("Error " + e.getMessage());
          } catch (UserManagementException ex) {
               ex.printStackTrace();
               response.write("Error " + ex.getMessage());
          return tableArrList;
      * Constructor.
     public TableViewBean() {
          ArrayList tabArr = createData();
          String[][] data = (String[][])tabArr.toArray();          
          model = new DefaultTableViewModel(data, colnames);
Edited by: Risha on May 26, 2011 8:52 AM