IO File help needed

Question

Hello all,
Here is my situation, I need to create an object, populate the object with data, and then store the object in a linked list. The object is created in a reference class that I created, and the data for the object is being read in from a .txt file. My problem is that I am opening the link to the .txt file from my driver class, but can't seem to get the readLine() to work in the reference class. Here is what I have:
Driver Class:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.swing.*;
import BaseballPlayer;
public class BaseballStats
  public static void main(String[] args)
    boolean morePlayers = true;
    BufferedReader in = null;
    try
      LinkedList playerList = new LinkedList();
      in = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( "PlayerStats.txt" ) );
      BaseballPlayer player = new BaseballPlayer();
      while(morePlayers == true)
        player.newPlayer();
        playerList.add(player);
      for (i = 0; i < playerList.size(); i++)
        System.out.println(playerList.get(i));
    catch (Exception e)
      Controller.fatal("BaseballStats.main()", e.toString());
}Reference Class:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class BaseballPlayer extends Object
  public boolean newPlayer()
    myName = in.readLine();
    myPosition = in.readLine();
    myAge = in.readLine();
    myBirthdate = in.readLine();
    myAtBats = in.readLine();
    atBats = Double.parseDouble(myAtBats);
    myHits = in.readLine();
    hits = Double.parseDouble(myHits);
    moreData = in.readLine();
    if (moreData != null)
      morePlayers = true;
    else
      morePlayers = false;
    return morePlayers;
  private String myName;
  private String myPosition;
  private String myAge;
  private String myBirthdate;
  private String myAtBats;
  private String myHits;
  private String moreData;
  private boolean morePlayers;
  private double atBats;
  private double hits;
}Text File:
Jose Cuervo
Pitcher
32
July 1, 1970
250
100
The error I get is: Variable in not found in class
Technically I need to read several players into the linked list from one data file, but I'll tackle that problem after i am able to read 1!
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

import java.io.*;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.swing.*;
import BaseballPlayer;
public class BaseballStats{ 
  public static void main(String[] args)  {   
    boolean morePlayers = true;   
    BufferedReader in = null;   
    try {
      LinkedList playerList = new LinkedList();     
      in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("PlayerStats.txt"));     
      BaseballPlayer player = new BaseballPlayer();     
      while(morePlayers == true){ //morePlayers == true,
                                  //Will this loop ever stop??
                                  //when does "morePlayers" become false?
        player.newPlayer(); //player does not have reference to   
                            //BufferedReader instance, u have to pass it
                            //"BufferedReader in" has scope within
                            //main() method only
        playerList.add(player);     
      for (i = 0; i < playerList.size(); i++)       
        System.out.println(playerList.get(i));   
    } catch (Exception e){     
      Controller.fatal("BaseballStats.main()", e.toString());   
}