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POMethod in main wont call method of a object instance?
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copied!<p>This is a java assignment containing 3 class files. The problem is when I call the "doOperations" method in main. The if statements read the file correctly, but the object methods dont work(e.g. tv.on, tv.volumeUp tv.setChannel(scan.nextInt(), etc.)).</p> <p>Can anyone see where I am going wrong? Thanks.</p> <p>TV class file.</p> <pre><code>import java.io.*; import java.util.Scanner; public class TV { boolean on; boolean subscribe; int currentchannel; int indexChan; int volume; File chanList; Scanner chanScan; TVChannel[] channels; final int MaxChannel = 100; public TV(){ on = false; currentchannel = 1; volume = 1; channels = new TVChannel[MaxChannel]; //Create object of an array, default value = null. subscribe = false; } public void turnOn(){ on = true; } public void turnOff(){ on = false; } public void channelUp(){ currentchannel++; } public void channelDown(){ currentchannel--; } public void volumeUp(){ volume++; } public void volumeDown(){ volume--; } public TVChannel getChannel(){ return channels[currentchannel]; } public void setChannel(int c){ if(channels[c]!= null) currentchannel = c; } public boolean subscribe(String provider) throws IOException{ chanList = new File(provider); chanScan = new Scanner(chanList); if(chanList.exists()){ while(chanScan.hasNext()){ indexChan = chanScan.nextInt(); channels[indexChan] = new TVChannel(indexChan, chanScan.nextLine()); } chanScan.close(); return true; } else return false; } public void printAll(){ for(int i = 0; i < MaxChannel; i++){ if(channels[i]!= null) System.out.println(channels[i].channelNumber+"\t"+channels[i].channelName); } } public void displayChannel(int c){ if(channels[c]!= null) System.out.println(channels[c].getChannel()+"\t"+channels[c].getName()); } public void displayCurrentChannel(){ if(channels[currentchannel] != null) System.out.println(channels[currentchannel].getChannel() +" "+ channels[currentchannel].getName()); } } </code></pre> <p>Main function</p> <pre><code>import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Scanner; public class TestTV { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{ TV tv = new TV(); tv.subscribe("chan.txt"); if(tv.subscribe = true){ tv.printAll(); doOperations("operations.txt", tv); } } //Static means only one instance of object. public static void doOperations(String opFileName, TV tv) throws IOException{ File op = new File(opFileName); Scanner scan = new Scanner(op); String opa = scan.next(); while(scan.hasNext()){ System.out.println(scan.next()); if(opa.equals("on")) tv.turnOn(); else if(opa.equals("off")) tv.turnOff(); else if(opa.equals("channelUp")) tv.channelUp(); else if(opa.equals("channelDown")) tv.channelDown(); else if(opa.equals("volumeUp")) tv.volumeUp(); else if(opa.equals("volumeDown")) tv.volumeDown(); else if(opa.equals("showChannel")) tv.displayCurrentChannel(); else if(opa.equals("setChannel"))tv.setChannel(scan.nextInt()); //Error } scan.close(); } } </code></pre>

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