public int createericlist(Element snap) { int numsnaps = 0; StructureCollection structs = new StructureCollection(); LinkedList tempList = new LinkedList(); try { load_snap_from_xml(snap, structs, tempList); structs.calcDimsAndStartPts(tempList, this); structs.drawTitle(tempList, this); structs.drawStructure(tempList, this); } catch (VisualizerLoadException e) { System.out.println(e.toString()); } list_of_snapshots.append(tempList); Snaps++; return numsnaps; // this.. isnt used, and isnt what it says it is. } // createericlist(element)