When creating a class with a constructor, why does one have to create private variables (attributes) to be used as parameters by the object? The object's parameters will be set to be exactly equal to the private variables (attributes), so what is the point of having the private variables (attributes) Why are both private variables (attributes) and parameters needed when they are set to be equal each other anyway?
View RepliesI am able to get output from my constructor when I place a loop inside of it. However when I try to access the private variable that I thought was set by the constructor I get nothing. When I check its size it is zero as well.
Java Code:
public class WinningHand extends PokerCalculator {
private int p1Size;
private int p2Size;
private String[] p1Hand = new String[p1Size];
private String[] p2Hand = new String[p2Size];
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can we pass private final class object to another class constructor?
View Replies View RelatedI thought you can only create a new object using private implementations and then using a constructor to set your arguments inside the parameters of the constructor to the instance variables but how come he created an object without any private implementations and just methods inside the constructor.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class MyWindow extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[]args){
new MyWindow();
}
public MyWindow(){
setSize(500,500);
setVisible(true);
setTitle("MyWindow");
}
}
I just recently started learning about encapsulation, how to set variables private and only accessible to other classes through setters() and getters(). I've seen a couple of programming examples, perhaps not enough but some from here, and I sort of built the assumption that by default all variables need to be private. to make things more clear, here's a card dealer I made which simply
1- generates a fulll deck of 52 cards
2- lets user decide how many players, with 5 as Max number allowed as each player is dealt 10 cards.
3- deal cards
I approached this by making A deck , card , player and game class
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Deck {
//an Object of this Class would generate a full deck ie an ArrayList of 52 Cards
private String[] suits={"Spades","Diamond","Clubs","Hearts"};
private int[] number={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13};
ArrayList<Cards> deck= new ArrayList<Cards>();
[code]....
I can understand why for example Deck class's suit and number arrays are set to private , as they only need to be accessed by this class only. however, both the Deck class's deck arraylist and the Player class arraylist are not private, as I need to transfer these values from one to the other and it felt to me that setting them to private would make it more difficult to deal with them, but what I did instead is to set the Game class dealCard(), which is the only method that have access to them as private. does this achieve the same effect or do I need to set both of these arrayList to private?a follow up question, this is more related to the actual card dealer program, in this code
private void dealCards(){
for(int x = 0 ; x < playerCount ; x++){
for(int y = 0 ; y < 10; y++){
playerList.get(x).pile.add(deck.deck.get(0));
deck.deck.remove(0);
}
}
}
is there an API in ArrayList class that moves(adds to receiver and remove from giver) element across ArrayLists?
so, i was reading my java book and learning about objects and methods and it starts talking about Encapsulation and mentions that it's good practice to set instance variables as private and instead of accessing the instance variables directly, we should create a set method and get method to get and set the stuff we want to pass to the class containing the object...
for example, in this class, we're passing the integer 70 for object dog one and integer 8 for object dog two for the dog class... and these these 2 integers are sent to the setsize method so we're not accessing instance variable size directly.
i dont quite get it though....if we the programmer are the one deciding what size the integer is for the dog, and the setsize method takes the one.setSize(70) or (8) and puts them in setsize(int s) as s... but only to copy that integer stored in s back to private int size.... why do we even need to bother with making these two extra methods such as setSize, getSize?
in the book it says that... well what if the code gets into the wrong hand and someone writes something like one.setSize(0) then you would get a dog with size 0 which is essentially illogical. but then again, i'm the programmer, and i am the person who writes the code and passing the right integer.The reason for public and private... that part i understand... i can see why if a variable's data can get changed amidst the code during calculations and you dont want it to directly change the original variable and have it mess up the code, but this code from the book just a bad example of demonstrating the reason? since we manually pass the information ourselves and passing it to method setSize... and all setSize does is stores it in another integer, only to copy it right away to size (which is the original private variable we were tryign to protect?
Any simple code to demonstrate how the code might end up changing an instance variable and why we would want to protect it by using private?
class GoodDog {
private int size;
public int getSize() {
return size;
}
public void setSize(int s) {
size = s;
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I'm working on a project that contains multiple classes. Each class contains and must contain only PRIVATE variables. Here's my issue. When my test code calls for a new instance of "StudentClass" as so:
StudentClass studentClass = new StudentClass(offeredClass.getClassIdNumber(),
offeredClass.getClassName(),
offeredClass.getClassroom());
The corresponding constructor won't let me initialize it's variables because they are declared private within another class, as shown here:
StudentClass (float classIdNumber, String className, Classroom room){
this.classIdNumber = classIdNumber;
this.className = className;
this.room = room;
}
When getClassName, getClassroom, and getClassIdNumber are passed to a toString() method elsewhere in my test code. the output is returned just fine. When passed through the StudentClass, I'm getting Null across the board.
Java Code:
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Problem1
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
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There is an error and says that my ArrayList has private access. I can't figure out how to fix it.
The code runs but when I enter "Quit", the program just stops. The arraylist isn't printed out?
I came across the below
1) When a variables are declared "Private" How should it be accessed from the driver class ? Sometimes i get an error in driver class saying "your variable is declared Private" why am I getting this error ...
The document says "Private" declared variables should be accessed only through methods. What does that mean.
I have a class named Base and a private variable named _hopcount i have 10 instances of class base i use _hopcount as creteria to some if but other instances edit _hopcount so i want to prevent _hopcount edit by other instances; I want to have private variable which other instances of same class can't modify it.
public class Base extends TypedAtomicActor {
private int _hopcount = 0;
if(_hopcount <= 3) {
some code;
}
public function() {
_hopCount += 1;
}
}
I got a task from my teacher and the restriction is we are not able to modify this class (and that is the problem).This is the given class:
public class Jobs {
private intcounter= 0;
private final intnoElements= 20;
private final int[]a= { 11, 28, 31, 42, 49, 66, 67, 75, 89, 100, 102, 103, 114, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155 };
private final int[]s= { 20, 9, 7, 6, 12, 15, 4, 7, 30, 22, 11, 45, 20, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 };
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I need to compare some of the values of the given arrays. For example: if(a[4]<a[2])... etc.
How can I do these kind of operations to a private array? I have to compare the values in an new classPS: I have to compare the values in a new class
When we say derived class that means copy of base class plus subclass specific implementations. But when it comes to private members it cannot be accessible in subclass scope. Does it mean byte code generated for subclass doesn't has byte code of private members of super class ?
View Replies View RelatedI've got an abstract class
public abstract class AbstractClass
{
//stuff
}
And a few classes that inherit from it
public class Class1 extends AbstractClass
{
//stuff
}
public class Class2 extends AbstractClass
{
//stuff
}
within another class I have a private variable with the type of the Abstract class, and within one of the methods I assign an object to the the variable like this:
public class Test
{
private AbstractClass temp;
public testMethod(){
Class1 anObject = new Class1();
temp = anObject;
}
}
Is this legal? Will temp become a Class1 object?
The String class stores the characters of the string internally as a private char[] and calling someString.length() results in getting the length field from the character array. I am looking to get the details on how the length is implemented. I understand it is a field, but in the original question I provide sample code and really want to know if/how the resulting byte code may differ when compiled, perhaps I am just not seeing the simple answer through my confusion.
Link ....
So i declared a class in main class but it seems there's error when i compile:
constructor xx in class xx cannot applied to given types
This is my java class:
public class trainer extends person{
String classType;
public trainer(String name, String gender, String address, int id, String classType) {
super(name,gender,address,id);
this.classType=classType;
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And this is the way i declared in main class:
trainer tr = new trainer();
And what i want to do is:
tr.toString();
I've a parent class with a argument constructor like below(a sample code)
public class Parent {
Parent(String name) {
System.out.println(name);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
}
}
Also I've child.class which extends Parent.class as shown below,
public class child extends Parent {
child(String name) {
super(name);
}
}
Now, I want create/modify the constructor which is in child, by taking "int i" as an input instead of "String name". How can I do that? Run time I want to execute child constructor not a parent constructor.
Condition is: Without making any changes to the Parent class
If i have a class(lets say class name is Approval) with the following private members: String recip_id, Int accStat, String pDesc, String startDate How can i create public get and setter methods for these private members of the class?
View Replies View RelatedI have this piece of code I wrote a while ago to test something. The issue is accessing a private field of Base class in Base but of a Derived object.
Here is the code:
class Base
{
private int x;
public int getX()
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The commented code does not work but casting d to Base does.
Forgot to mention that the compilation error is that x has private access in Base.
I am wondering if there is a way in jave to use enums WITHIN a class (without creating a separate enum class) without using private static final. Something like as folows:
class My Class {
myEnum {ACTIVE, INACTIVE, PENDING};
}
is there something like this available?
Okay, I am supposed to implement the functionalities of the Set class using a private data member of type ListReferencedBased<E>,how the ListReferenceBased works with what I am trying to accomplish.I am trying to complete Set.java, and I have barely started and much of the code doesn't work. ListReferenceBased was given to me completed.
import java.util.Iterator;
pubic class ListReferenceBased<E> implements ListInterface<E>, Iterable<E>{
/** reference to the first element of the list */
private Node<E> head;
/** number of items in list */
private int numItems;
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Does child class gets a copy of the methods and variables of parent class?
public class test1 {
public static void main(String a[]) {
Child c = new Child();
c.print();
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why is the output 1?
Do we have constructor in abstract class? If we have then what is the use of it?
View Replies View RelatedI just want to be able to read type and weight in the Letter class I created (I created read out messages to check in the Letter class). I am able to read it with in the Mail class.
package org.mailprice.postage;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Mail {
static Letter letter;
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This code works
public class RedShapeDecorator extends ShapeDecorator {
public RedShapeDecorator(Shape decoratedShape) {
super(decoratedShape);
}
Below results in an error
public class RedShapeDecorator extends ShapeDecorator {
protected Shape decoratedShape;
public RedShapeDecorator(Shape decoratedShape) {
this. decoratedShape=decoratedShape;
}
So I am guessing that if you extend class, you should use super to pass objects?
I am writing a program that should take a url and scan the page for any links. It is in the beginning stages, but I ran into an error when I tried to extend a class. There's a lot going on in this code, but the error is caused by the constructor.
Error message at compile time:
"constructor Page in class Page cannot be applied to given types;
{//Constructor
^
required: String
found: no arguments
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length".
Here's the code(first my class, then the class I extended)
public class SearchEngine extends Page {
public static Color customGreen = new Color(69, 194, 33);
public static Color customYellow = new Color(232, 166, 12);
public static Color customBlue = new Color(25,97,255);
public static Color customYellowComp = new Color(178,125,0);
[code]...
Below Code
abstract class A
{
A(int a, int b)
{
}
}
If we can't create objects for abstract class, what is the need of writing constructor???