Instancing Nested Object (Dart) - dart

Question

On trying to assign values to Nested Object Properties,Dart treats the Nested Object(class OperandRange) as null.
Default values have been assigned to the Nested Object Properties but the issue exists.
In the case below Nested Object Class OperandRange should be assigned minimum and maximum values but dart considers it to the Null.
How to resolve this?
Code
import 'dart:io';
//Nested Object Class
class OperandRange{
double _minValue = 0;
double _maxValue = 10;
OperandRange(this._minValue , this._maxValue);
double get minValue => _minValue;
double get maxValue => _maxValue;
set minValue(double _val){
_minValue = (_val) ;
}
set maxValue(double _val){
_maxValue = (_val) ;
}
}
class OperationData{
List<OperandRange> operandList = [];//Nested Object
List<String> operatorList = [] ;
OperationData({this.operandList, this.operatorList});
}
void main(){
int _operationCount = 2;
OperationData _operation = OperationData();
for(int _index = 0 ; _index < _operationCount ; _index++) {
stdout.write(" Operation $_index - Name(string): ");
_operation.operatorList[_index] = stdin.readLineSync();
//Null Object
stdout.write(" Operand $_index - Minimum Value (double) : ");
_operation.operandList[_index]._minValue =
double.parse(stdin.readLineSync());
stdout.write(" Operand $_index - Maximum Value (double): ");
_operation.operandList[_index]._maxValue =
double.parse(stdin.readLineSync());
}
}
Error
Operation 0 - Name(string): Add
Unhandled exception:
NoSuchMethodError: The method '[]=' was called on null.
Receiver: null
Tried calling: []=(0, "Add")
#0 Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:54:5)
#1 main (1.dart:41:28)
#2 _delayEntrypointInvocation.<anonymous closure> (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:283:19)
#3 _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:184:12)
Process finished with exit code 255

Answer 1

Here is what's happening.
You initialize operandList with a nested list. But this never has any effect because you also initialize it in OperationData constructor. Once you mention it in constructor arguments, it will either be set to a value you pass to constructor, or set to null if you do not pass this argument to constructor.
For your purpose you may remove constructor altogether as you never pass anything to it. Then your [] defaults will stand.
Otherwise, if in some cases you need to initialize it with a custom list, you may do it like this:
class OperationData{
List<OperandRange> operandList;
List<String> operatorList;
OperationData({
List<OperandRange> operandList,
List<String>operatorList,
}) :
this.operandList = operandList ?? <OperandList>[],
this.operatorList = operatorList ?? <String>[]
;
}
The same goes for your OperandRange class. 0 and 10 defaults will never be used as the constructor requires explicit values. By the way, I do not see OperandRange creation at all. The list stays empty. You will catch a next error when trying to access an index out of bounds when you fix the first error.
Also you should upgrade to Dart 2.12 if possible. It introduced null-safety that would show you this error at compile time.