ive been trying to solve this problem for ages and cant figure it out! heres my method code:
public void editContact(ContactPanel updatePanel){
try{
System.out.println("Contact's name: " + updatePanel.getName());
System.out.println("Contact's number: " + updatePanel.getNumber());
System.out.println("Contact's e-mail address: " + updatePanel.getEMail());
System.out.println("Contact's ID: " + updatePanel.getID());
editStatement = editConnection.prepareStatement("update CONTACTS set NAME = ?, NUMBER = ?, EMAIL = ? where ID = ?");
editStatement.setString(1, updatePanel.getName());
editStatement.setString(2, updatePanel.getNumber());
editStatement.setString(3, updatePanel.getEMail());
editStatement.setInt(4, updatePanel.getID());
}catch(SQLException ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
i added those printlns to check if the data was correct and it was so i dont know what the problem is. this is the output when i try to edit a contact:
Contact's name: Aaron
Contact's number: 0828260348
Contact's e-mail address:
Contact's ID: 6
Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at JavaPhonebook.ContactIO.editContact(ContactIO.java:107)
at JavaPhonebook.ContactPanel.actionPerformed(ContactPanel.java:334)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6038)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3260)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5803)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4410)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4322)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3986)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3916)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2429)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:177)
at java.awt.Dialog$1.run(Dialog.java:1039)
at java.awt.Dialog$3.run(Dialog.java:1091)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1089)
at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1419)
at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1372)
at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:801)
at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:979)
at JavaPhonebook.ContactPanel.buildEditDialog(ContactPanel.java:283)
at JavaPhonebook.ContactPanel.actionPerformed(ContactPanel.java:327)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6038)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3260)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5803)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4410)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4322)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3986)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3916)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2429)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)