moving through Java ArrayList with a undo button

Question

I know that I am missing something simple here. I have got this homework all done except for moving through my ArrayList. This is a undo feature of a calculator that I need to pull and remove a object from an ArrayList. Here is the method:

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
     {
         Status state;
         state = new Status(operand1, operator, operand2, displayBox.getText());
         //ArrayList that I am coping into 
         listOfStates.add(state);
         super.actionPerformed(e);


         if(e.getSource() == undo )
         {
             Status previousState  = (Status) listOfStates.get(listOfStates.size()- 1); 
             displayBox.setText(" ");
              displayBox.setText(displayBox.getText()  +  previousState.op1); 
//This is where I need help at?  This calls a method of Status that only returns op1 IE 
//first operator

          }   
      }

The whole Class is here

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
/**
 *
 * 
 * 
 */
public class BetterCalculator extends Calculator 

{   
    //attributes
    protected JButton undo; 
    protected ArrayList<Status> listOfStates; 
    private int numClicks = 0;





    public BetterCalculator()
    {
        super();
        listOfStates = new ArrayList<Status>();

    }


    public void createUserInterface3()
    {
        createUserInterface2();
        undo = new JButton("undo");
        jPanel.add(undo);
        undo.setBackground(Color.red);
       undo.setToolTipText("This is the undo feature");
       undo.addActionListener(this);

    }


     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
     {
         Status state;
         state = new Status(operand1, operator, operand2, displayBox.getText());
         //ArrayList that I am coping into 
         listOfStates.add(state);
         super.actionPerformed(e);


         if(e.getSource() == undo )
         {
             Status previousState  = (Status) listOfStates.get(listOfStates.size()- 1); 
             displayBox.setText(" ");
              displayBox.setText(displayBox.getText()  +  previousState.op1);

          }   
      }


    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        BetterCalculator myCalc;
        myCalc = new BetterCalculator();
        myCalc.createUserInterface3();



    }
}

Status Class

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
/**
 * Write a description of class Status here.
 * 
 * 
 *  This is a class to get the status for the undo feature
 */
public class Status 
{   
    //attributes
   protected double op1;
   protected char opt;
   protected double op2;
   protected String soFar;
    //constructors



    public Status(double o1, char op, double o2, String sf)
    {
        op1 = o1;
        opt = op;
        op2 = o2;
        soFar = sf;
    }



  //Methods
   public double getOp1()
    {
        return op1;
    }


     public char getOpt()
    {
        return opt;
    }


    public double getOp2()
    {
        return op2;
    }






}

Thanks for any help. I know I am missing it on how to pull the object out of the ArrayList and then remove it.

Answer 1

If what you want is capability to take object out of a collection and remove it, you might want to consider to use Queue or Deque instead, depend on your need from which end you want to remove the object.