/** * A getter for the high scores list. Reads it directly from file and throws an error if the file * is not found (!working on this!). * * @return Object[][] where [i][0] is the rank (String), [i][1] is the name (String) and [i][2] is * the score (Integer). */ public static Object[][] getHighScore() { if (!new File("HighScores.dat").exists()) { // This object matrix actually stores the information of the high scores list Object[][] highScores = new Object[10][3]; // We fill the high scores list with blank entries: #. " " 0 for (int i = 0; i < highScores.length; i++) { highScores[i][0] = (i + 1) + "."; highScores[i][1] = " "; highScores[i][2] = 0; } // This actually writes and makes the high scores file try { ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("HighScores.dat")); o.writeObject(highScores); o.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } try { // Read and return the read object matrix ObjectInputStream o = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("HighScores.dat")); Object[][] highScores = (Object[][]) o.readObject(); o.close(); return highScores; } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; }