Error: cannot find symbol ArrayList

Question

I'm trying to create some kind of list to store values from the array 'table'. (I'm using a arraylist here, but should I be using a list instead?) However, every time I try to compile, it throws the following error:

cannot find symbol symbol : class ArrayList location: class players.TablePlayer

The code is below.

public class TablePlayer extends Player {

    int[][] table;
    ArrayList goodMoves;


    public TablePlayer(String name) {
        super(name);
    }

    @Override
    public int move() {
        int oppLast = opponentLastMove();
        int myLast = myLastMove();
        if (!isLegalMove(oppLast)) {
            return 0; // temporary
        }
        if (wonLast()) {
            table[oppLast][myLast] = 1;
            table[myLast][oppLast] = -1;
        }
        if ((wonLast() == false) && (oppLast != myLast)) {
            table[oppLast][myLast] = -1;
            table[myLast][oppLast] = 1;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < table.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < table.length; j++) {
                if (table[i][j] == 1) {
                    goodMoves.add(table[i][j]);
                }
            }
        }

        return oppLast; // temporary
    }

    @Override
    public void start() {
        int[][] table = new int[7][7];
        ArrayList<int> goodMoves = new ArrayList<int>();
    }
}

Any help would be great, thanks!

Answer 1

While doing any java program just

import java.util.*;

Because * will import all the packages from util.

And all the basic package are present in that java.util like Scanner, ArrayList, etc...

So to avoid errors first check you have imported that.

Answer 2

Do you have an import statement in the top of the file?

import java.util.ArrayList;