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    Default Dont know whats happening

    Hello, i am trying to create a program that prints out a stock list.

    These are my classes.
    package ca1;
     
    public abstract class Store 
    {
     
    	private static int partCode;
    	private static String description;
    	private static String binNum;
    	private static int qtyInStock;
    	private static int reOrderPoint;
    	private static int maxNum;
     
    	public Store(int partCode, String description, String binNum, int qtyInStock, int reOrderPoint, int maxNum)
    	{
    		Store.setPartCode(partCode);
    		Store.setDescription(description);
    		Store.setBinNum(binNum);
    		Store.setQtyInStock(qtyInStock);
    		Store.setReOrderPoint(reOrderPoint);
    		Store.setMaxNum(maxNum);	
    	}
     
    	public static void setPartCode(int partCode) 
    	{
    		Store.partCode = partCode;
    	}
     
    	public static int getPartCode() 
    	{
    		return partCode;
    	}
     
    	public static void setDescription(String description) 
    	{
    		Store.description = description;
    	}
     
    	public static String getDescription() 
    	{
    		return description;
    	}
     
    	public static void setBinNum(String binNum) 
    	{
    		Store.binNum = binNum;
    	}
     
    	public static String getBinNum() 
    	{
    		return binNum;
    	}
     
    	public static void setReOrderPoint(int reOrderPoint)
    	{
    		Store.reOrderPoint = reOrderPoint;
    	}
     
    	public static int getReOrderPoint() 
    	{
    		return reOrderPoint;
    	}
     
    	public static void setQtyInStock(int qtyInStock) 
    	{
    		Store.qtyInStock = qtyInStock;
    	}
     
    	public static int getQtyInStock() 
    	{
    		return qtyInStock;
    	}
     
    	public static void setMaxNum(int maxNum) 
    	{
    		Store.maxNum = maxNum;
    	}
     
    	public static int getMaxNum() 
    	{
    		return maxNum;
    	}
    }
     
     
     
     
    public abstract class Food extends Store
    {
     
    	private static String expiryDate;
     
    	public Food(int partCode, String description, String binNum, int qtyInStock, int reOrderPoint, int maxNum, String expiryDate) 
    	{
    		super(partCode, description, binNum, qtyInStock, reOrderPoint, maxNum);
    		Food.expiryDate = expiryDate;
    	}
     
    	public static void setExpiryDate(String expiryDate) 
    	{
    		Food.expiryDate = expiryDate;
    	}
     
    	public static String getExpiryDate() 
    	{
    		return expiryDate;
    	}
     
    }
     
     
    public class CheddarCheese extends Food 
    {
     
    	public CheddarCheese(int partCode, String description, String binNum, int qtyInStock, int reOrderPoint, int maxNum, String expiryDate) 
    	{
    		super(partCode, description, binNum, qtyInStock, reOrderPoint, maxNum, expiryDate);
    	}
    }
     
     
    public class DanishBlueCheese extends Food
    {
     
    	public DanishBlueCheese(int partCode, String description, String binNum, int qtyInStock, int reOrderPoint, int maxNum, String expiryDate) 
    	{
    		super(partCode, description, binNum, qtyInStock, reOrderPoint, maxNum, expiryDate);
    	}
    }
     
     
    public class StockList
    {
     
    	public static void printDetails()
    	{
    		System.out.println("Stock List");
    		System.out.println("Part Code" + "	Description" + "		Quantity In Stock");
    		System.out.println(CheddarCheese.getPartCode() + "		" + CheddarCheese.getDescription() + "		" + CheddarCheese.getQtyInStock());
    		System.out.println(DanishBlueCheese.getPartCode() + "		" + DanishBlueCheese.getDescription() + "		" + DanishBlueCheese.getQtyInStock());
    	}
    }
     
     
    public class TestStore 
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
     
    		Food CheddarCheese = new CheddarCheese(324, "Cheddar Cheese", "5c", 15, 10, 20, "01/11/2009");
    		Food DanishBlueCheese = new DanishBlueCheese(396, "Danish Blue Cheese", "6c", 8, 8, 10, "03/11/2009");
     
    		StockList.printDetails();
    	}
     
    }

    This is the output.

    Stock List
    Part Code Description Quantity In Stock
    396 Danish Blue Cheese 8
    396 Danish Blue Cheese 8

    Can anyone tell me why it is outputting the same thing twice?
    I am a beginner programmer so i would appreciate if you could make it as basic as i have it.

    Jason.
    Last edited by copeg; December 3rd, 2010 at 08:41 PM.


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    Default Re: Dont know whats happening

    For future reference, please flank your code with the [highlight=java][/highlight] or the code tags. I've edited your post to account for this.

    All the variables are static, meaning if they change for one they change for all. See Understanding Instance and Class Variables

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    Default Re: Dont know whats happening

    So how do i fix it so that the variables are not static and that

    public class StockList
    {
     
    	public static void printDetails()
    	{
    		System.out.println("Stock List");
    		System.out.println("Part Code" + "	Description" + "		Quantity In Stock");
    		System.out.println(CheddarCheese.getPartCode() + "		" + CheddarCheese.getDescription() + "		" + CheddarCheese.getQtyInStock());
     
    		System.out.println(DanishBlueCheese.getPartCode() + "		" + DanishBlueCheese.getDescription() + "		" + DanishBlueCheese.getQtyInStock());
    	}
    }

    Does not ask me to change the CheddarCheese.getPartCode() etc to static variables again?

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    Default Re: Dont know whats happening

    Study the link I posted above. Remove the statics from all the functions and variables and access them through an instance.
    CheddarCheese cc = new CheddarCheese(//with arguments//);
    cc.getPartCode();

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    Default Re: Dont know whats happening

    I have done that and it works, however this is how my test class looks.

    public class TestStore 
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
     
    		CheddarCheese cc = new CheddarCheese(324, "Cheddar Cheese", "5c", 15, 10, 20, "01/11/2009");
    		DanishBlueCheese dbc = new DanishBlueCheese(396, "Danish Blue Cheese", "6c", 8, 8, 10, "03/11/2009");
     
    		System.out.println("Stock List");
    		System.out.println("Part Code" + "	Description" + "		Quantity In Stock");
    		System.out.println(cc.getPartCode() + "		" + cc.getDescription() + "		" + cc.getQtyInStock());
    		System.out.println(dbc.getPartCode() + "		" + dbc.getDescription() + "	" + dbc.getQtyInStock());
     
    	}
    }

    Is there a way for me to make my test class look like this

    public class TestStore 
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
     
    		CheddarCheese cc = new CheddarCheese(324, "Cheddar Cheese", "5c", 15, 10, 20, "01/11/2009");
    		DanishBlueCheese dbc = new DanishBlueCheese(396, "Danish Blue Cheese", "6c", 8, 8, 10, "03/11/2009");
     
    		StockList.printDetails();
    	}
    }

    So that the test class access the printDetails method from stocklist and prints out properly? As in i want to pass in the getPartCode() etc method into the printDetails method in the StockList class and have it call the printDetails method from StockList.

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    Default Re: Dont know whats happening

    Pass references of the variables to the printDetails method. You have to reform the method declaration to accept the variables
    public static void printDetails(Food food1, Food food2){
    ...
                System.out.println(food1.getPartCode() + "     " + food1.getDescription() + "     " + food1.getQtyInStock());
    ...
    }
    ....
    StockList.printDetails(cc, dbc);

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    Thanks mate, i can finally finish this thing

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