Thread: toString method

I'm having trouble with this and I don't know what I'm doing wrong..

public static void main(String[] args) {

Person person = new Person("Jonda McCord", "123 Edgewood Avenue", "404-555-1212", "jondamccord@yahoo.com");
Person student = new Student("Vaneshia Fields", "405 Morris Street", "770-510-1232", "vfields@gmail.com", "Junior");
Person employee = new Employee("Chaitanya Sambhara", "70 Broad Street", "404-898-1199", "csambhara@gsu.edu","RCB 1324","50000.00","01-16-2012");
Person faculty = new Faculty("Jill Johnson", "91 Park Ave", "678-211-3783", "jjohnson@gsu.edu","RCB 801","22000.00","08-25-2011","1:00-3:00","Professor");
Person staff = new Staff("Patricia Howell", "210 Decatur Street", "700-212-1012", "phowell@gsu.edu","RCB 422","10000.00","05-10-2011","Teacher Assistant");

System.out.println(person.toString());
System.out.println(student.toString());
System.out.println(employee.toString());
System.out.println(faculty.toString());
System.out.println(staff.toString());
}

public static class Person{
public String name;
public String address;
public String phone;
public String email;
public Person(String name, String address, String phone, String email) {
this.name = name;
this.address = address;
this.phone = phone;
this.email = email;
}
public String toString() {
return ("Name: " + name + "Address: " +adress + "Phone #: " + phone + "Email: " + email);
}
}

public static class Student extends Person{
public final String status;
public Student(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String status){
super(name, address, phone, email, status);
this.status = status;
}
public String toString(){
return (super.toString() + "Status: " + status);
}
}

public static class Employee extends Person{
public String office;
public double salary;
public String dateHired;
public Employee(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String office, double salary, String dateHired){
super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired);
this.office=office;
this.salary=salary;
this.dateHired=dateHired;
}
public String toString(){
return (super.toString() + "Office: " + office +"Salary: " + salary + "Date Hired: "+dateHired);
}
}

public static class Faculty extends Employee{
public String officeHours;
public String rank;
public Faculty(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String office, double salary, String dateHired, String officeHours, String rank){
super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired, officeHours, rank);
this.officeHours=officeHours;
this.rank=rank;
}
public String toString(){
return (super.toString() + "Office Hours: " + officeHours +"Rank: " + rank);
}
}

public static class Staff extends Employee{
public String title;
public Staff(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String title){
super(name, address, phone, email, title);
this.title=title;
}
public String toString(){
return (super.toString() + "Title: " + title);
}
}

Originally Posted by javapenguin

First of all, Person doesn't have a variable called status. So you can't call it in super. Well you can, but it will set something else to the value of status, not what you wanted. Also, the superclass of Staff doesn't have a title.

I compiled, under a file called Testing.java, and got 8 errors:

 

Testing.java:7: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Employee(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.la  ng.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.l  ang.String,java.lang.String)

location: class Testing.Employee

         Person employee = new Employee("Chaitanya Sambhara", "70 Broad Street", "404-898-1199", "csambhara@gsu.edu","RCB 1324","50000.00","01-16-2012");

                           ^

Testing.java:8: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Faculty(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lan  g.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.la  ng.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.l  ang.String)

location: class Testing.Faculty

         Person faculty = new Faculty("Jill Johnson", "91 Park Ave", "678-211-3783", "jjohnson@gsu.edu","RCB 801","22000.00","08-25-2011","1:00-3:00","Professor");

                          ^

Testing.java:9: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Staff(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.  String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang  .String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String)

location: class Testing.Staff

         Person staff = new Staff("Patricia Howell", "210 Decatur Street", "700-212-1012", "phowell@gsu.edu","RCB 422","10000.00","05-10-2011","Teacher Assistant");

                        ^

Testing.java:30: cannot find symbol

symbol  : variable adress

location: class Testing.Person

            return ("Name: " + name + "Address: " +adress + "Phone #: " + phone + "Email: " + email);

                                                   ^

Testing.java:37: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Person(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang  .String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String)

location: class Testing.Person

            super(name, address, phone, email, status);

            ^

Testing.java:50: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Person(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang  .String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,double,j  ava.lang.String)

location: class Testing.Person

            super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired);

            ^

Testing.java:64: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Employee(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.la  ng.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,double  ,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.Strin  g)

location: class Testing.Employee

            super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired, officeHours, rank);

            ^

Testing.java:76: cannot find symbol

symbol  : constructor Employee(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.la  ng.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String)

location: class Testing.Employee

            super(name, address, phone, email, title);

You misspelled address for one of those errors.

Under salary, you put it in quotes so now it's a String.

You can't go using super unless you're referring directly to the same spot in the parent class.

For instance,

public class Point1D
{
private int x;
 
public Point1D()
{
setX(0);
}
 
public Point1D(int x)
{
setX(x);
}
 
public void setX(int x)
{
this.x = x;
}
 
public int getX()
{
return x;
}
 
public String toString()
{
return ("X: " + getX());
}
}

 
public class Point2D extends Point1D
{
private int y;
 
public Point2D()
{
super();
setY(0);
}
 
public Point2D(int x, int y)
{
super(x);
setY(y);
}
 
public Point2D(int y)
{
super();
setY(y);
}
 
public void setY(int y)
{
this.y = y;
}
 
public int getY()
{
return y;
}
 
public String toString()
{
 
return (super.toString() + " , Y: " + getY());
}
}

 
public class Point3D extends Point2D
{
private int z;
 
public Point3D()
{
super();
setZ(0);
}
 
public Point3D(int x, int y, int z)
{
super(x,y);
setZ(z);
}
 
public Point3D(int z)
{
super();
setZ(z);
}
 
public void setZ(int z)
{
this.z = z;
}
 
public int getZ()
{
return z;
}
 
public String toString()
{
return (super.toString() + ", Z: " + getZ());
}
}

I've corrected 4 of the 8 errors in your code. Try and see if you can fix the other 4 now.

   public class Testing
   {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         Person person = new Person("Jonda McCord", "123 Edgewood Avenue", "404-555-1212", "jondamccord@yahoo.com");
         Person student = new Student("Vaneshia Fields", "405 Morris Street", "770-510-1232", "vfields@gmail.com", "Junior");
         Person employee = new Employee("Chaitanya Sambhara", "70 Broad Street", "404-898-1199", "csambhara@gsu.edu","RCB 1324",50000.00,"01-16-2012");
         Person faculty = new Faculty("Jill Johnson", "91 Park Ave", "678-211-3783", "jjohnson@gsu.edu","RCB 801",22000.00,"08-25-2011","1:00-3:00","Professor");
         Person staff = new Staff("Patricia Howell", "210 Decatur Street", "700-212-1012", "phowell@gsu.edu","RCB 422",10000.00,"05-10-2011","Teacher Assistant");
 
         System.out.println(person.toString());
         System.out.println(student.toString());
         System.out.println(employee.toString());
         System.out.println(faculty.toString());
         System.out.println(staff.toString());
      }
 
      public static class Person{
         public String name;
         public String address;
         public String phone;
         public String email;
         public Person(String name, String address, String phone, String email) {
            this.name = name;
            this.address = address;
            this.phone = phone;
            this.email = email;
         }
         public String toString() {
            return ("Name: " + name + "Address: " +address + "Phone #: " + phone + "Email: " + email);
         }
      }
 
      public static class Student extends Person{
         public final String status;
         public Student(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String status){
            super(name, address, phone, email);
            this.status = status;
         }
         public String toString(){
            return (super.toString() + "Status: " + status);
         }
      }
 
      public static class Employee extends Person{
         public String office;
         public double salary;
         public String dateHired;
         public Employee(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String office, double salary, String dateHired){
            super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired);
            this.office=office;
            this.salary=salary;
            this.dateHired=dateHired;
         }
         public String toString(){
            return (super.toString() + "Office: " + office +"Salary: " + salary + "Date Hired: "+dateHired);
         }
      }
 
      public static class Faculty extends Employee{
         public String officeHours;
         public String rank;
         public Faculty(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String office, double salary, String dateHired, String officeHours, String rank){
            super(name, address, phone, email, office, salary, dateHired, officeHours, rank);
            this.officeHours=officeHours;
            this.rank=rank;
         }
         public String toString(){
            return (super.toString() + "Office Hours: " + officeHours +"Rank: " + rank);
         }
      }
 
      public static class Staff extends Employee{
         public String title;
         public Staff(String name, String address, String phone, String email, String title){
            super(name, address, phone, email, title);
            this.title=title;
         }
         public String toString(){
            return (super.toString() + "Title: " + title);
         }
      } 
 
   }

Also, any particular reason why status is final?

In the instructions for the assignment it says to make status a constant..

If status is a constant, then why are you setting it with a parameter?