NullPointerException java sound file

Question

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;


public class Project4
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    // MAIN CODE
    String noteRepresentation = "78!9@a#bc$d%ef^g&A*BC(D)EF_G+H";

    String noteString = SimpleInput.getString("String of notes");

    // init strLen etc
    int strLen = noteString.length();
    int samples = (int)((.125) * (22050)); // 1/8 Times the sample per sec
    int finalLen = strLen * samples;

    // Create a silence array
    double silenceArray[] = new double[(int)samples];
    // = new double[(double)samples]; // Be able to create a new array for the silence (periods).

    // Create a main sound sample
    SoundSample[] ssarrFS = new SoundSample[(int)finalLen];
    String noteLetter;
    for ( int noteIndex = 0; noteIndex < noteString.length(); noteIndex++)
    {
        double freq = -1;
        double amplitude = -1;

        noteLetter = noteString.substring(noteIndex, noteIndex + 1);
        getFreq(noteLetter);
        getAmp(freq, noteLetter);
        SoundSample[] tempArray = createSineWave(freq, amplitude);
        if (noteRepresentation.indexOf(noteLetter) == -1)
        {
            //Silence
            for(int index1 = 0;index1<samples;index1++)
            {
                int value1 = tempArray[index1].getValue();
                ssarrFS[(int)((index1+(samples*(noteIndex))))].setValue(value1);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            freq = -1;
            amplitude = -1;


            for(int index2 = 0;index2<samples;index2++)
            {
                getFreq(noteLetter);
                getAmp(freq, noteLetter);
                int value2 = tempArray[index2].getValue();
                ssarrFS[(int)(index2+(samples*(noteIndex)))].setValue(value2);
            }
        }
    }

    Sound sFinal = modifySound(finalLen, ssarrFS);
    sFinal.explore();
}

public static Sound modifySound(int finalLen, SoundSample[] ssarrFS)
{
    Sound sFinal = new Sound( finalLen+1);
    SoundSample[] ssarr3 = sFinal.getSamples();
    int ind;
    for (ind = 0 ; ind < finalLen ; ++ind )
    {
        int valueFinal = ssarrFS[ind].getValue();
        // check for clipping
        if ( valueFinal > 32767 )
        {
            valueFinal = 32767;
        }
        if ( valueFinal < -32768 )
        {
            valueFinal = -32768;
        }



        ssarr3[ind].setValue ( valueFinal );
    }

    return sFinal;

}
public static double getFreq (String noteLetter)
{
    String noteRepresentation = "78!9@a#bc$d%ef^g&A*BC(D)EF_G+H";
    double x = noteRepresentation.indexOf(noteLetter);  // x becomes 15
    double y = noteRepresentation.indexOf('H');  // y becomes 29
    double exponent = (double)((x - y)/12.0);
    double freq = (double)(440.0 * Math.pow (2.0, exponent)); // fr
    System.out.println(freq);
    return freq;
}

public static SoundSample[] createSineWave (double freq, double amplitude)
{
    Sound s = new Sound ((int)((.125) * (22050)));
    int samplingRate = (int)(s.getSamplingRate());
    int rawValue = 0;
    int value = 0;
    int interval = (int)(1.0 / freq);
    int samplesPerCycle = (int)(interval * samplingRate);
    int maxValue =(int)( 2 * Math.PI);

    SoundSample[] tempArray = s.getSamples();
    int index;

    for (int i = 0 ; i < s.getLength(); ++i )
    {
        rawValue = (int)(Math.sin ((i / samplesPerCycle) * maxValue));

        value = (int) (amplitude * rawValue);

        tempArray[i].setValue(value);
    }
    //s = null;
    //System.gc();
    return tempArray;
}

public static double getAmp (double freq, String noteLetter)
{
    double samplesPerCycle = 22050 / freq;
    double sampleIndex = 22050 / 8;
    double wavePoint = sampleIndex / samplesPerCycle;
    double rawSample = Math.sin (wavePoint * 2.0 * Math.PI);
    double amplitude = rawSample * 20000;
    System.out.println(amplitude);
    return amplitude;
}
}

I am trying to combine notes that a user will input and be able to take their frequency and amplitudes and be able to create a .wav file that will output the sound. When I try to compile the current code, I keep receiving a nullpointerexception error at line

ssarrFS[(int)(index2+(samples*(noteIndex)))].setValue(value2);

I believe that I have incorrectly set up my arrays and may have caused memory leaks in my program.

Answer 1

You declare your array here

SoundSample[] ssarrFS = new SoundSample[(int)finalLen];

But then you never populate it's values, and you try to use it here:

ssarrFS[(int)((index1+(samples*(noteIndex))))].setValue(value1);

When you try to use it though, your array looks like this:

ssarrFS = [0] = null
          [1] = null
          [2] = null
          ...
          [finalLen] = null

You attempt to call setValue on an element inside of it. Because you've not populated ssarrFS, this amounts to:

null.setValue(value1);

And because null does not refer to an object in memory, this will throw your NullPointerException.