[Beds] Java Question

[David Pashley]

On Dec 06, 2005 at 14:13, Stephen Elliott praised the llamas by saying:
> Hi there,
> 
> 
> I have a quick Java question I'd like to run past any Java Gurus out there.
> I am writing a multi-thread chat server programming using RMI and want to
> store all the
> messages users send to each other in an array. The purpose being, when
> someone new joins the chat room they will receive all previous messages
> users have sent to one another. So far all I can do is store a predefined
> amount e.g. 100. I have achieved this by creating a string array with 100
> elements. What I would like to do is be able to store an infinite number of
> messages but is it possible to create an array with an infinite number of
> elements.
> 
> I hope what I have said makes sense, this is as you've probably guessed an
> assignment we have been given at University. I have asked my lecturer and he
> says this is beyond the scope of the course but to me it seems foolhardy to
> write a program that will crash once 100 messages have been relayed.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Steve...

The answer is to use a container. Perhaps a List. You can create a List
and then .append() items onto it.

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