Thread: Trouble adding an object.

I made two classes for my "Backpack". You may ignore these if you wish.

/**
 * A storage space for items
 *
 * @author Erik
 * @version 1
 */
public class Canteen
{
private double maxVolume;
private int percentFull;
public Canteen()
{
    percentFull=0;
    maxVolume=2;
}
public Canteen(double maxVolume, int percentFull)
{
    this.percentFull=percentFull;
    this.maxVolume=maxVolume;
    if(percentFull>100){
    percentFull=100;}
}
public void fill()
{
    percentFull=100;
}
public void empty()
{
    percentFull=0;
}
public boolean sip()
{
    boolean onesip=true;
    if(percentFull<1){
        onesip=false;
    }else{
        percentFull-=1;}
    return onesip;
}
public boolean sip(int numberOfSips)
{
    boolean enoughwater=true;
    if(numberOfSips>percentFull){
        enoughwater=false;
    }else{
        percentFull-=numberOfSips;}
    return enoughwater;
}
public double getMaxVolume()
{
return maxVolume;
}
public double getPercentFull()
{
return percentFull;
}
}

/**
 * Equipment.
 *
 * @author Erik
 * @version 1
 */
public class Equipment
{
private String name;
private int weight;
public Equipment(String name, int weight)
{
this.name=name;
this.weight=weight;
}
}

And THIS is the class I'm having trouble with:

/**
 * Storage for Equipment.
 *
 * @author Erik
 * @version 1
 */
public class Backpack
{
private Canteen theCanteen;
private Equipment[] theEquipment;
Backpack()
{
    this.theCanteen=null;
    this.theEquipment=new Equipment[0];
}
public void addCanteen(String Canteen)
{
}
}

In the addCanteen method, I want to add the Canteen into the backpack that is currently empty, but I'm not sure how I'd get around to doing that. Any ideas?

Please post your code properly indented, like the first bit of code above. Having all lines left justified makes your code hard to read.

Adding a Canteen object to your backpack might be as simple as

theCanteen = new Canteen(); // now theCanteen is no longer null

Then you can tell if a canteen has been added by checking if theCanteen is null.

I would consider being able to add more than one canteen to a backpack up to some maximum so that there is an array or ArrayList of Canteen in Backpack. Then, adding a canteen instance to BackPack would involve creating a new Canteen instance and adding it to BackPack's Canteen collection.

But, if you only want each backpack to hold one canteen, the way you're going is fine.

I see...but how would I put it in the backpack from the method? This is what I have so far:

public class Backpack
{
private Canteen theCanteen;
private Equipment[] theEquipment;
Backpack()
{
    this.theCanteen=null;
    this.theEquipment=new Equipment[0];
}
public void addCanteen(String Canteen)
{
    theCanteen = new Canteen();
}
}

Call the addCanteen() method on an instancde of Backpack:

Backpack backpack = new Backpack();
backpack.addCanteen();  // I didn't include the String parameter, because I don't know why you've included it

I see...I'm also trying to list equipment, add equipment, and remove equipment. The equipment class looks like this:

public class Equipment
{
private String name;
private int weight;
public Equipment(String name, int weight)
{
this.name=name;
this.weight=weight;
}
}

And here's an example of the Equipment I could use:

Equipment Crowbar = new Equipment("Crowbar", 5);
Equipment GrapplingHook = new Equipment("Grappling Hook", 4);
Equipment Hammer = new Equipment("Hammer", 2);
Equipment Lantern = new Equipment("Bullseye Lantern", 3);
Equipment Manacles = new Equipment("Manacles", 2);
Equipment Pickaxe = new Equipment("Pickaxe", 20);
Equipment Sledge = new Equipment("Sledge", 10);
Equipment Tent = new Equipment("Tent", 20);
Equipment Torch = new Equipment("Torch", 1);
Equipment Waterskin = new Equipment("Waterskin", 4);

I could use any one of these and I've never created a method where I don't add ir remove something specific. I'm adding or removing only a single piece of equipment and it will be based on Index Number.

I've also created a list method, that is supposed to list all the equipment currently in the backpack. Does this look right?

public void listEquipment(String Equipment)
{
    System.out.println(Equipment);
}

For adding an Equipment object, create an addEquipment( Equipment equipment ) method that is called on the backpack instance:

backpack.addEquipment( crowbar );

The class Equipment name should be capitalized as you've done, but the instances of Equipment, the Equipment objects created, should have names that begin with lowercase letters:

Equipment crowbar = new Equipment("Crowbar", 5);

The object is named crowbar, the name of the Crowbar class is "Crowbar". It's important to keep these details straight and to be consistent.

As for listing all equipment added to the pack, since theEquipment[] is an array of Equipment objects, you can simply iterate the array to print all of its elements using a for or enhanced for loop, similar to what you have but inside a loop and printing each element in turn.

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