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Question

I'm trying to write a program that will take employee entries using JOptionPane and then display the list. It's still in its early stages, but I'm already having issues. After I finish adding my entries, it only prints the line "The list contains:" I can't get it to print the contents of the array. I'm not real familiar with using JOptionPane in regards to arrays. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Methods
import javax.swing.*;
public class SquiresMethod
    public static int START_POSITION = 1;
    public static int DEFAULT_SIZE = 50;
    //entry.length is the total number of items you have room
    //for on the list. countOfEntries is the number of items
    //currently on the list.
    private int countOfEntries; //our counter -- must be less than entry.length.
    private String[] entry;     //our array
    public SquiresMethod(int maximumNumberOfEntries)   // constructor
        entry = new String[maximumNumberOfEntries];
        countOfEntries = 0;
     Creates an empty list with a capacity of DEFAULT_SIZE.
    public SquiresMethod( )   // constructor
        entry = new String[DEFAULT_SIZE];
        countOfEntries = 0;
    public boolean full( )   //  we use this method in ListDemo
        return (countOfEntries == entry.length);
    public boolean empty( )
        return (countOfEntries == 0);
     Precondition: List is not full.
     Postcondition: If item was not on the list,
     it has been added to the list.
    public void addItem(String item)
        if (! onList(item))
            if (countOfEntries == entry.length)
                System.out.println("Adding to a full list!");
                System.exit(0);
            else
                entry[countOfEntries] = item;
                countOfEntries++;
        }//else do nothing. Item is already on the list.
     If the argument indicates a position on the list,
     then the entry at that specified position is returned;
     otherwise, null is returned.
    public String getEntryAt(int position)   //  used for printing entire list, for example
        if ((1 <= position) && (position <= countOfEntries))
            return entry[position - 1];
        else
            return null;
     Returns true if position is the index of the
     last item on the list; otherwise, returns false.
    public boolean atLastEntry(int position)
        return (position == countOfEntries);
     Returns true if item is on the list;
     otherwise, returns false. Does not differentiate
     between upper- and lowercase letters.
    public boolean onList(String item)    //  Searches list for item
         boolean found = false;
         int i = 0;
         while ((! found) && (i < countOfEntries))
             if (item.equalsIgnoreCase(entry))
found = true;
else
i++;
return found;
public int maximumNumberOfEntries( )
return entry.length;
public int getNumberOfEntries( )
return countOfEntries;
public void eraseList( )
countOfEntries = 0;
MAIN METHOD
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SquiresProject3
    public static void main(String[] args)
      SquiresMethod employeeList = new SquiresMethod();
       boolean more = true;
     String next = null, ans  = null;
     while ( more && (! employeeList.full( ))) 
           JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter the employee name");                    
            if (employeeList.full( ))
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(     null, "The list is full");            }
            else
                               ans =
                               JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Would you like to make another entry?");
                     if (ans.trim( ).equalsIgnoreCase("no"))
                     more = false;
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(     null, "The list contains:");         
            int position = employeeList.START_POSITION;    
            next = employeeList.getEntryAt(position);
        while (next != null) 
            System.out.println(next);
                    position++;
            next = employeeList.getEntryAt(position);
}I'm really tired right now, so this code may be beyone simple suggestions. But, any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks a lot

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion:
boolean more = true;
       boolean runagain;
     String next = "", ans  = "", name = "";
               //Creates 4 buttons for the different operations
               Object[] options = { "Add new employee ", "delete employee", "Search for employee name" };
               do{     
               int select = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null, "What operation do you want to perform", "Choose an option", JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, options, options[0]);
               switch (select) {
                    case 0:
                     while ( more && (! employeeList.full( ))){
                         JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter the employee name");
                              employeeList.addItem(name);
                                                     if (employeeList.full( ))
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(     null, "The list is full");            }
            else
                 employeeList.addItem(name); ans = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Would you like to make another entry?");
                           if (ans.trim( ).equalsIgnoreCase("no"))
                            more = false;
       }Still printing blank JOptionPane. I think I must have something messed up with the print
int position = employeeList.START_POSITION;    
            next = employeeList.getEntryAt(position);
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(     null, "The list contains:" + next);
        while (next != null) 
                    position++;
            next = employeeList.getEntryAt(position);
                     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(     null, (next));;
            }     select = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Run Again?", "Run Again Dialog",     JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
               //if yes is selected "runagain" equates to true if no is selected "runagain" equates to false     
               runagain = (select == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION);
          } while (runagain); //end of main do-while loop