Re: [Rails-devel] Tracking Down Errors

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Thanks Erik. After taking a closer look, I figured it out.

I'd be happy to volunteer to work on other stuff. I can make tiles if
you'd like. I have Adobe Illlustrator and I'm ready and willing to
learn the XML needed for the dictionary.

-Tim

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
> The 'rails' stack trace lines in question were:
>        at rails.game.MapHex.addHome(MapHex.java:963)
>        at rails.game.MapManager.finishConfiguration(MapManager.java:153)
>        at rails.game.Game.setup(Game.java:188)
>        at
> rails.ui.swing.GameSetupWindow.startNewGame(GameSetupWindow.java:481)
>        at
> rails.ui.swing.GameSetupWindow.actionPerformed(GameSetupWindow.java:237)
> and usually the error is pointed to by the first of such lines.
>
> I have committed a fix that adds a check of the home city number against the
> number of cities in the current hex/tile.
> An error now throws a ConfigurationException, which will be catched and
> cause a popup to display an appropriate message.
>
> It might be a good idea to scan all 'finishConfiguration()' methods for such
> inconsistent XML values, and perhaps the 'configureFromXML()' methods may
> also need a sharper look. This fix may serve as an example.
> Volunteers?
>
> Erik.
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: Games on the Brain [mailto:gam...@gm...]
>> Verzonden: vrijdag 1 april 2011 2:15
>> Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> CC: brett lentz
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] Tracking Down Errors
>>
>> Found it. The problem was actually in the CompanyManager, as I had
>> accidentally left a city="2" in a HomeHex attribute.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Tim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Games on the Brain
>> <gam...@gm...> wrote:
>> >> There's only three lines in the stack trace relevant to the rails
>> >> code itself, so those are likely to be where the error is. From
>> >> there, it's just a matter of understanding what the code is doing or
>> >> could have been doing that would have caused the failure.
>> >
>> > Which three lines in this case?
>> >
>> > -Tim
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:28 PM, brett lentz <bre...@gm...>
>> wrote:
>> >> Yes, the output that generates a list of related method/function
>> >> calls that caused the error is called a "stack trace".  It traces
>> >> it's way up the call stack.
>> >>
>> >> There's only three lines in the stack trace relevant to the rails
>> >> code itself, so those are likely to be where the error is. From
>> >> there, it's just a matter of understanding what the code is doing or
>> >> could have been doing that would have caused the failure.
>> >>
>> >> ---Brett.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Games on the Brain
>> >> <gam...@gm...> wrote:
>> >>> I presume you got that from the console lines that I copied? Is that
>> >>> what you call a stack trace?
>> >>>
>> >>> If so, could you explain how you found that one specific line from
>> >>> the list I gave you?
>> >>>
>> >>> -Tim
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
>> >>>> The stack trace points to this line in the code where home cities
>> >>>> are
>> >>>> assigned:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                City homeCity = cities.get(Math.max(cityNumber - 1,
>> >>>> 0));
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So It looks like city="2" has been specified for a tile that has
>> >>>> only one city.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Erik.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> >>>>> Van: Games on the Brain [mailto:gam...@gm...]
>> >>>>> Verzonden: donderdag 31 maart 2011 23:24
>> >>>>> Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> >>>>> Onderwerp: [Rails-devel] Tracking Down Errors
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm having a hard time tracking down an error in a prototype I'm
>> >>>> developing
>> >>>>> on Rails:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Game setup from file Game.xml failed:
>> >>>>> Index: 1, Size: 1
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I actually add lines to the Game.xml file one by one until I got
>> >>>>> that
>> >>>> error and it
>> >>>>> occurs when I add the following:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <Component name="TileManager" class="rails.game.TileManager"
>> >>>>> file="TileSet.xml"/>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thus, I suspect the problem is either in the Tiles.xml file or the
>> >>>> TileSet.xml
>> >>>>> file.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I copied those files from 1830 and removed all the <IfOption>
>> statements.
>> >>>>> I'm also pretty sure that all tiles that are in Tiles.xml are in
>> >>>> TileSet.xml as well.
>> >>>>> And all the tiles that are on my map are in them too.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Any ideas how I can track it down? I don't know if it will help,
>> >>>>> but here
>> >>>> is what
>> >>>>> comes up in the Eclipse console:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Loading games list from GamesList.xml
>> >>>>> Index: 1, Size: 1
>> >>>>> java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 1, Size: 1
>> >>>>>       at java.util.ArrayList.RangeCheck(ArrayList.java:546)
>> >>>>>       at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:321)
>> >>>>>       at rails.game.MapHex.addHome(MapHex.java:963)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> rails.game.MapManager.finishConfiguration(MapManager.java:153)
>> >>>>>       at rails.game.Game.setup(Game.java:188)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> rails.ui.swing.GameSetupWindow.startNewGame(GameSetupWindow.java:
>> >>>>> 481)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> rails.ui.swing.GameSetupWindow.actionPerformed(GameSetupWindow.jav
>> >>>>> a:237)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java
>> >>>>> :1882)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.
>> >>>>> java:2
>> >>>>> 202)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.
>> >>>>> java:420)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:
>> >>>>> 258)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButt
>> >>>>> onListe
>> >>>>> ner.java:246)
>> >>>>>       at
>> java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5617)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3129)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5382)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2010)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4083)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2068)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3918)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4
>> >>>>> 256)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:39
>> >>>>> 36)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3866)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2054)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1801)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3918)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:501)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:80)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:462)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:461)
>> >>>>>       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
>> >>>>> Method)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Acces
>> >>>>> sControl
>> >>>>> Context.java:84)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Acces
>> >>>>> sControl
>> >>>>> Context.java:95)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:476)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:475)
>> >>>>>       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
>> >>>>> Method)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Acces
>> >>>>> sControl
>> >>>>> Context.java:84)
>> >>>>>       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:473)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatc
>> >>>>> hT
>> >>>>> hread.java:269)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchT
>> >>>>> hre
>> >>>>> ad.java:190)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:1
>> >>>>> 84)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>>
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:1
>> >>>>> 76)
>> >>>>>       at
>> >>>>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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