Object Reference Variable Unwilling To Be Reset To A Different Object Type
Nov 6, 2014
I don't understand why the object reference variable 'a' cannot be recast from a thisA object reference to a thisB object reference.Is it the case that once a reference variable is linked to a particular object type then it cannot switch object types later on.I am facing the Java Associate Developer exam soon and I am just clearing up some issues in my head around object reference variable assignment,
class thisA {}
class thisB extends thisA { String testString = "test";}
public class CastQuestion2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
thisA a = new thisA();
thisB b = new thisB();
Now lets say that I want to access a method 'addInterest()' that is in the 'SavingsAccount' class I would have to do: '((SavingsAccount)s).addInterest();'
The question I have is why do I have to cast 'b' to SavingsAccount? Isn't the actual object reference of 'b' already an instance of 'SavingsAccount' class? How does the 'BankAccount' affect the object itself? I'm really confused as to what class is truly getting instantiated and how BankAccount and SavingsAccount are both functioning to make the object 'b'.
public class CollisionManager<T> { private boolean collision = false; private T mainEntity; public <T extends Entities> void handleCollision(T mainEntity, T secondEntity){ this.mainEntity = mainEntity; // This is illegal. } }
Why "this.mainEntity = mainEntity" is incorrect and also show me the correct way to achieve this?
The error I am getting is "Type mismatch: cannot convert T to T"
Create an equals method that takes an object reference and returns true if the given object equals this object.
Hint: You'll need 'instanceof' and cast to a (Geocache)
So far I have:
public boolean equals(Object O){ if(O instanceof Geocache){ Geocache j=(Geocache) O; if (this.equals(j)) //I know this is wrong... but I can't figure it out return true; }
else return false; }
I think I have it correct up to the casting but I don't understand what I'm suppose to do with the this.equals(). Also I'm getting an error that I'm not returning a boolean... I get this all the time in other problems. I don't get why since I have to instances of returning booleans in this. "returns true if the given object equals this object" makes no sense to me. I assume the given object, in my case, is 'O'. What is 'this' object referring to?
I am trying to get this to where I can type in a name and it will search through each object and print back the corresponding object info.
Java Code:
import java.util.Scanner; public class MyPeople { public static void main(String[] args) { Person[] p = new Person[] { new Person("Chris", 26, "Male", "NJ", "Single"), new Person("JoAnna", 23, "Female", "NJ", "Single"), new Person("Dana", 24, "Female", "NJ", "Single"), new Person("Dan", 25, "Male", "NJ", "Single"), new Person("Mike", 31, "Male", "NJ", "Married") };
I am doing a Junit test case, but I keep having issues with AssertEquals ( object expected, object actual). I don't know how to reference the other actual object so that it can compare to the expected.
public void add (Distance d) throws CustomException { //I can also convert feet to inches and add all inches together and then divided inches to feet and inches Distance result = new Distance(); int newFeet = this.feet + d.getFeet(); int newInches = this.inches + d.getInches(); if(newInches > 11) { newFeet = newFeet + (newInches/12);
I have started working on a little project in my free time. It is just a simple text rpg that runs in a counsel window. I have 5 files each file contains 1 class.
public class SomnusCharacter { private String gender = ""; private int age = 0; private String race = ""; private int level = 0; private int xp = 0;
[Code] ....
The chain of events right now is:
1. MainMenu is run 2. If user inputs n CreateCharactor is run 3. User inputs name, age, ect in SomnusCharacter object made in CreateCharacter 4. Intro (just rough demo for testing purposes) is run 5. If user inputs m Menu is run 6. Menu calls and prints out all the information from the object made in CreateCharacter
Step 6 is where I am having my problems. How can I reference (lets say the SomnusCharacter object made is called player) player from my Menu class? I know that if I made a new character that it would just create another SomunsCharacter object with the default values again.
I read somewhere : "Java use clone() method of Object class to copy content of one object to the other. The problem will arrive if the Class that needs to be copied also contains reference to the other object."Not able to understand the second line.
Check out the following basic code (assume that dog has a method called bark):
Dog d = new Dog(); Object o = d;
o.bark(); // error
But why? Isn't o just a pointer to a memory address which has the dog object? If so, why can't the compiler see that the object has a method called bark? Or, to ask the question another way, why is Java designed to check the object reference to see if the method exists instead of the object itself?
I have a problem with my code. When, on strausParser class, i create the new object Beam i give him an array of Node object called "nodiestremi".
The problem is that when a Beam is created, the Beam created before take the Node of new Beam. Why it appends?
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws NumberFormatException, IOException{ SetFile.setupWindows(); Structure structure = new Structure(); } public class SetFile { }
I want to get the max volume from a file that I stored in an arraylist but it don't know if this is the way to do it. also I don't know how to print the method in the main method. here is the method that will get the max volume
public Shape3D maxVolume(ArrayList<Shape3D> shapes ){ Shape3D currentMax; int currentMaxIndex = 0; for ( int i = 1; i < shapes.size(); i++)
[Code] ....
This is my shape3D class
public abstract class Shape3D implements Comparable<Shape3D> { private String type; public double radious; public double height;
Let's pretend I'm working on an RPG. Like in all RPGs, there are items found all throughout the imaginary world. Each player and NPC can obtain an item. My question will concern those items.
In other words, I'd like to use instances of a class in multiple places of the code. Each instance will have its own, individual values of instance variables, with one obvious exception: itemQuantity should have a different value in playerInventory, npcInventory, etc. Also, I'd like a list of all items that can be found in the game. This list doesn't need itemQuantity at all.
class Items { String itemName; float itemWeight; int itemQuantity;
[Code] ....
The question is: should I really make itemQuantity an instance variable of the Item class? It seems as though for each copy of the Item class I should create a separate copy with different value of itemQuantity, but that's not very efficient. Where is the error in my logic?
What's important is that there may be plenty items in a game and a player may be given power to create new items during the course of the game.
I'm almost finished my Bank Account exercise and I found myself stuck at the last part. Its asking me to add a method that asks the user to input the name of the account into which they want to deposit money, then search the ArrayList for that account. If it is found, the user is asked how much money they wish to deposit.
I already have my deposit method sorted so basically what I need is just searching through the ArrayList by the name variable. I assume its don't by iterating through with some form of for loop.Heres what I have:
import java.util.Scanner; public class BankAccount { private double balance; private String name; public BankAccount(double balance, String name){ this.balance = balance;
[Code]......
And the driver class
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; public class BankDriver { Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); ArrayList<BankAccount> list; public BankDriver(){
So I set out to write a program that takes two things from user: Name and Age
Then prints out "Name is Age"
I went through using a "launcher" and having a proper object: [URL]
The class names are Practice and Practice Launcher because I just use a Practice file as a sandbox environment so I understand its not correctly named. I also understand my comments aren't great but I'm just trying to make it work.
Practice.java public class Practice { //constructor public Practice (String a, int b) {
[Code]....
My Practice.userName doesnt reference the variable userName. Why is this?
Also y does this line need Practice twice? Practice Practice = new Practice(userName, 45);
I want to create a program where I need to create an object of list type such as text file will contain nos like 1,2,3,4,5 and write into text file and delete the in FIFO order i.e 1,2,3,4,5...how i can achieve to write a program? I tried bt everytime got concurrent modification exception or Array out of bound exception.
public void randomCreate(ParentObject obj){ int x = random(0-4); //pseudo int y = random(0-4); //pseudo create new ParentObj(x,y); }
ParentObject is actually abstract, so you would only ever pass one of its children objects to it, and a child object of that type would be created. It seems like there should be a way to pass a type, rather than an object, and then create an instance later down, but I don't know if that is actually possible, or if it is poor programming style.
I am getting "Type safety: Unchecked cast from Object to LinkedList<EventData>" in eclipse for a piece of code stated below
public LinkedList<EventData> loadFromFile(File file) { queue=new LinkedList<EventData>(); //Some piece of code return (LinkedList<EventData>)queue.clone(); //--->getting warning here }
I know that because clone() method is returning Object, hence compiler doesn't have type information that's why showing warning. I don't want to suppress this warning instead i want to fix it.
Say I have two classes, Author and Book, and I have 2 author objects and 10 book objects. I would like to know how to do two things:
1) Make some sort of connection that makes clear that author X wrote books A, B and F. 2) Call a method from a book object that is connected to an author.
Seeing as I don't know which books will be connected to an author, is there some way to call a method of an object bases on a variable object name? Something like call the getFirstPage() method for every book that is linked to author X?
I am new to Java and have read books, the Java docs, and searched the Internet for my problem to no avail. I have an Array of objects that contains strings. How can I get the object's strings to print in a list so that the user can select that object to manipulate its attributes? For example, the user can select "Guitar 1" from a list and manipulate its attributes like tuning it, playing it, etc. I have a class called Instruments and created 10 guitar objects.Here is the code:
Instrument [] guitar = new Instrument[10]; for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { guitar[0] = new Instrument("Guitar 1"); guitar[1] = new Instrument("Guitar 2"); guitar[2] = new Instrument("Guitar 3"); guitar[3] = new Instrument("Guitar 4"); guitar[4] = new Instrument("Guitar 5"); guitar[5] = new Instrument("Guitar 6");
when we create another variable and set it equal to the first : Car c2 = c1;
we're pointing c2 at the same car object that c1 points to (as opposed to pointing c2 at c1, which in turn points at the car). So if we have code like,
Car c1 = new Car(); Car[] cA = {c1, c1, c1, c1};
are we doing the same? Are we creating four *new* reference variables, each of which points at the same car (again as opposed to pointing them at c1 itself)? I think so, but want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly.
Task:The main method of the class Things below creates an object called printer deriving from the class PrintingClass and uses that object to print text. Your task is to write the PrintingClass class.
Program to complete: import java.util.Scanner; public class Things { public static void main(String args[]) { String characterString; Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in); PrintingClass printer = new PrintingClass(); System.out.print("Type in the character string for printing: "); characterString = reader.nextLine(); printer.Print(characterString); } }
// Write the missing class here
Note: In this exercise the solution is part of a conversion unit where many classes have been declared. Because of this the classes are not declared as public using the public attribute.
Example output
Type in the character string for printing: John Doe
John Doe
My Class: class PrintingClass { public void print(){ System.out.println(characterString); } }
I have just started working with linked lists. I have a linked list of Objects and I want to be able to search for a specific object. But currently my code continues to return false. Also how would I go about removing the first index of the linked list.
public static void main(String[] args) { LinkedList<Cookies> ml = new LinkedList<>(); int choice = 0; while (choice >= 0) { choice = menu();
