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Thread: Help with Inheritance in Java.

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    Default Help with Inheritance in Java.

    hey i was leaning inheritance and tried to implement it in Java.This is my base class vehicl.java
    public class vehicle{
    	private int topSpeed;
    	private int cubicCap;
    	private String modelName;
    	private boolean hasAlloy;
     
    	public void vehicle(int topSpeed,int cubicCap,String modelName,boolean hasAlloy){
    		this.topSpeed=topSpeed;
    		this.cubicCap=cubicCap;
    		this.modelName=modelName;
    		this.hasAlloy=hasAlloy;
    		}
     
    	public void getInfo(){
    		System.out.print("The car model is "+modelName+" and the Top Speed is "+topSpeed+
    						 "\nCapacity : "+cubicCap+"Alloy :"+hasAlloy+".");
    					}
     
    	}

    I also have a derived class called car.java.What i wanted to do in the derived class was that i wanted to override the constructor as well as the getInfo() method from the base class.I wanted to add an additional attribute to the car "numberSeats" and display tat too when the object to car class calls the getInfo() method .It showed an error "identifier required" when i tried to compile car.java program.
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class car extends vehicle{
    	//int numberSeats;
    	//System.out.println("Enter the number of Seats");
    	Scanner numberSeats=new Scanner(System.in);
    	numberSeats=numberSeats.nextInt();
    	//System.out.println(numberSeats.nextInt());
     
    	public void car(int numberSeats){
    		this.numberSeats=numberSeats;
    		}
     
    	public void getInfo(){
    		System.out.print("The car model is "+modelName+" and the Top Speed is "+topSpeed+
    						 "\nCapacity : "+cubicCap+"Alloy :"+hasAlloy+".\n"+
    						 "Seating Capacity :"+this.numberSeats);
    					}
    		}

    The main program Inheritance.java also threw a few errors .
    public class Inheritence{
    	public static void main(String []args){
    		vehicle objectVehicle=new vehicle(500,1000,"polo",false);//Shows error that it requires no formal arguments.
    		objectVehicle.vehicle(250,1000,"vento",true);//Works fine
    		objectVehicle.getInfo();
    		//car objectCar=new car();
    		//objectCar.getinfo();
    		}
    	}

    Could you explain the errors that i get when i tried to compile car.java without using super keyword or without defining the constructor from the Car class ?


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    Default Re: Help with Inheritance in Java.

    It showed an error "identifier required"
    Please copy the full text of the error messages and paste it here. It has important info about the error.

    BTW Java naming conventions are that classnames begin with UPPERCASE letters.

    i wanted to override the constructor as well as the getInfo()
    Be sure to add the @Override annotation before all methods you override so the compiler can find errors.
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    Default Re: Help with Inheritance in Java.

    I'll keep the naming convention in mind the next time

    The errors from car.java
    D:\java>javac car.java
    car.java:4: error: <identifier> expected
    System.out.println("Enter the number of Seats");
    ^
    car.java:4: error: illegal start of type
    System.out.println("Enter the number of Seats");
    ^
    car.java:6: error: <identifier> expected
    numberSeats=numberSeats.nextInt();

    Errors in Inheritance.java
    D:\java>javac inheritance.java
    inheritance.java:3: error: constructor vehicle in class vehicle cannot be applie
    d to given types;
    vehicle objectVehicle=new vehicle(500,1000,"polo",false);//Shows
    error that it requires no formal arguments.
    ^
    required: no arguments
    found: int,int,String,boolean
    reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
    inheritance.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
    objectCar.getinfo();
    ^
    symbol: method getinfo()
    location: variable objectCar of type car
    2 errors

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    Default Re: Help with Inheritance in Java.

    car.java:4: error: <identifier> expected
    Most executeable statements must be INSIDE a constructor or method.
    inheritance.java:3: error: constructor vehicle in class vehicle cannot be applie
    d to given types;
    vehicle objectVehicle=new vehicle(500,1000,"polo",false);//Shows
    error that it requires no formal arguments.
    ^
    required: no arguments
    found: int,int,String,boolean
    reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
    The code tried to pass arguments to a constructor that has no arguments.
    Add a constructor to the class that takes the arguments that you want to pass. What you've coded is a void method, not a constructor.
    inheritance.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
    objectCar.getinfo();
    ^
    symbol: method getinfo()
    location: variable objectCar of type car
    Check the spelling.
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    Default Re: Help with Inheritance in Java.

    Thanks a lot.Is it mandatory for all the executable statements to be inside a constructor or method ? unlike in C/C++ ? I did put all the executable statements inside the constructor for car class.
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class car extends vehicle{
     
    	public void car(){
    		System.out.println("Enter the number of Seats");
    		Scanner numberSeats=new Scanner(System.in);
    		this.numberSeats=numberSeats.nextInt();
    		}
     
    	public void getInfo(){
    		System.out.print("The car model is "+modelName+" and the Top Speed is "+topSpeed+
    						 "\nCapacity : "+cubicCap+"Alloy :"+hasAlloy+".\n"+
    						 "Seating Capacity :"+this.numberSeats);
    					}
    		}

    Still there was two errors
    D:\java>javac car.java
    car.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
    this.numberSeats=numberSeats.nextInt();
    ^
    symbol: variable numberSeats
    car.java:13: error: cannot find symbol
    "Seating Capacity :"+this.numbe
    rSeats);
    ^
    symbol: variable numberSeats
    2 errors

    D:\java>javac car.java
    car.java:7: error: cannot find symbol this.numberSeats=numberSeats.nextInt();
    ^
    symbol: variable numberSeats
    car.java:13: error: cannot find symbol "Seating Capacity :"+this.numberSeats);
    ^
    symbol: variable numberSeats
    2 errors

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    Default Re: Help with Inheritance in Java.

    error: cannot find symbol
    The compiler can not find a definition for the variable named in the error message.
    Check:
    does it exist
    is it in scope
    is it spelled correctly

    Variables can be defined outside of methods or constructors
    and assigned values from inside of methods and constructors

    NOTE: Constructors are NOT void. Methods use void.
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