type mismatch cannot convert from element type object to string

Question

I keep getting this error when making a search method in my code to search through string. I have gone through alot of examples trying to fix this but I cant find any. Thank

Answer 1

You are having exception at this line :

 for (String item : notes)

notes is an ArrayList declared as raw type, although i don't see the declaration i can see this line of initialization:

notes = new ArrayList();

which sees it's element as of type Object You need to declare notes with ArrayList<String> type such as:

  ArrayList<String> notes = new ArrayList<>();

Answer 2

You don't declare the notes variable

public class Notebook{
  private ArrayList<String> notes;
...

Answer 3

try this: notes = new ArrayList<String>();

Answer 4

Add notes as a global variable to your class

public class Notebook{
ArrayList<String> notes = null;

....
}

In the constructor, do:

public Notebook()
{
    notes = new ArrayList<String>();
}