Urgent - Return Type !!!

Question

Dear all,
How can I return a user-defined array from a class ??
i.e. I am willing to write a getArray() to do so in MainPanel.java.
Please advise !!
Best Regards,
Jonatha
Here are the codes:
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MainPanel.java
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JobList jobArray[];
jobArray = new JobList[20];
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JobList.java
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int jobID;
String CustName, CustPhone, PC_Problem;
boolean Warranty;
public JobList(int I_jobID, String I_CustName, String I_CustPhone, String I_PC_Problem, boolean I_Warranty) {
jobID = I_jobID;
CustName = I_CustName;
CustPhone = I_CustPhone;
PC_Problem = I_PC_Problem;
Warranty = I_Warranty;
}

Answer 1

Well, your constructor for ButtonPanel uses JobsPanel's getArray method as if it were static, but you didn't declare it as such in your quoted code. So as such you couldn't even invoke it, unless there's some additional code that you didn't display.
So at this point, I'd guess that the problem you're having has to do
more with method invocation in general, rather than how one may deal with an array as a return value.
Assuming that you write yourself a static getArray method (or you instantiate a JobsPanel object and call getArray on that) then the way you invoke getArray in the ButtonPanel constructor should be OK, naming conventions aside. So the next line in your code could do something like
JobList item = TestArray[0];or whatever.
By the way, you're not following naming conventions in your code. Following these conventions make your code easier to follow, for yourself and others.
I heartily recommend "The Elements of Java Style", which covers naming conventions well.