Thread: Homework Assignment help..

I have a programming assignment where I'm basically supposed to have a Thermostat class and a main. With the Thermostat, you set the desired temperature and heating/cooling and once it gets to that temp it shuts off. It also contains a cooling and heating threshold so that if it gets to either one, the mode switches from heating to cooling or vice versa. It also contains some time-related info in which the degree should show the temperature changing by 1 every minute. The main is just used as a test to visually display the thermostat and to show the professor that it powers off, switches mode, etc. I think I have most of this, but I'm still having a few problems and can't figure it out. I will insert my code below in case anyone has any suggestions.

import java.util.*;
 
public class Thermostat {
 
	public double currentTemperature;
	public double desiredTemperature;
	public boolean heating;
	public double heatingThreshold;
	public double coolingThreshold;
	public boolean power;
 
	Calendar cal = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
 
	public double getCurrentTemperature() {
		return currentTemperature;
	}
 
	public void setCurrentTemperature(double currentTemperature){
		this.currentTemperature = currentTemperature;
 
		if (currentTemperature >= desiredTemperature && heating == true);
				power = false;
 
		if (currentTemperature <= desiredTemperature && heating == false);
				power = true;
 
		if (currentTemperature >= heatingThreshold);
			heating = false;
 
		if (currentTemperature <= coolingThreshold);
			heating = true;
 
 
	}
	public double getDesiredTemperature() {
		return desiredTemperature;
	}
	public void setDesiredTemperature(double desiredTemperature) {
		this.desiredTemperature = desiredTemperature;
	}
	public boolean isHeating() {
		return heating;
	}
	public void setHeating(boolean heating) {
		this.heating = heating;
	}
	public double getHeatingThreshold() {
		return heatingThreshold;
	}
	public void setHeatingThreshold(double heatingThreshold) {
		this.heatingThreshold = heatingThreshold;
	}
	public double getCoolingThreshold() {
		return coolingThreshold;
	}
	public void setCoolingThreshold(double coolingThreshold) {
		this.coolingThreshold = coolingThreshold;
	}
	public boolean isPower() {
		return power;
	}
	public void setPower(boolean power) {
		this.power = power;
	}
 
	public void advanceOneMinute(){
		cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 1);
 
		if (heating = true);
			currentTemperature =+ 1;
		if (heating = false);
			currentTemperature =- 1;
	}
 
	public void advanceOneHour(){
		cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, 1);
 
		if (heating = true);
		currentTemperature =+ 60;
	if (heating = false);
		currentTemperature =- 60;
	}
 
	public String currentStatus(){
		String output = "";
 
		if (power == true);
			output += "\tPower: On" + "\n";
		if (power == false);
			output += "\tPower: Off" + "\n";
 
		if (heating == true);
			output += "\tMode: Heating" + "\n";
		if (heating == false);
			output += "\tMode: Cooling" + "\n";
 
		output += "\tDesired Temperature: " + desiredTemperature + "\n";
		output += "\n\tCurrent Temperature: " + currentTemperature + "\n";
 
		return output;
 
	}
}

import java.util.*;
 
public class Assignment {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
		Thermostat house = new Thermostat();
		house.power = true;
		house.heating = true;
		house.currentTemperature = 65.0;
		house.desiredTemperature = 67.0;
		house.heatingThreshold = 70.0;
		house.coolingThreshold = 60.0;
	}	
 
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("5 minutes later");
 
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
 
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("Turning Thermostat Power Off...");
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("2 minutes later...");
	house.advanceMinute();
	house.advanceMinute();
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("One hour later...");
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
 
 
}

My fault on that, I should have specified. A couple of problems to start with...

A) I use Eclipse, and this is the error I get when running the main:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:

at Assignment.main(Assignment.java:5)

B) He gave us the assignment and had the purpose of each class listed and under the advanceOneMinute, he put "Adjust the current temperature using the setCurrentTemperature method (assume one degree a minute)" Not quite sure how to make it implement.

For A) Nope that's the thing. It doesn't show me an error in eclipse. Just in the console at the bottom when I try to run it, and it gives the error I posted above. Eclipse is showing nothing wrong with it even if I hold cursor over the line.

For B) No I haven't tried calling it, because I can't get main to work. I will post the full assignment and see if that clarifies anything. This is first time we've used the date/time stuff, so having the temperature increment or decrement by the time is throwing me off.

Instructions:

For this assignment, you are to create a Thermostat class. The purpose of this class is to model a household thermostat. It will be a "smart" thermostat that has the ability to switch between heating and cooling.
Your Thermostat class should have the following data fields:
current temperature (double)
desired temperature (double)
heating/cooling (boolean) (NOTE: it doesn't matter what you name this, just let it be an indicator of whether the thermostat is in heating or cooling mode)
heating threshold (double)
cooling threshold (double)
time (Java Date class)
on/off (boolean) (NOTE: again, name doesn't matter)
Have setters/getters (except for time & note the special functions for the set current temperature) for all data fields as well as the following methods:
setCurrentTemperature
input: temp (double)
output: void
Besides just being a setter method, this method should also do the following:
Check to see if the heating/cooling threshold has been reached, if so change the mode of the thermostat if necessary
Check to see if the current temp is equal to or above (heating) or equal to or below (cooling) and turn the thermostat off/on if necessary
advanceOneMinute()
input: none
output: void
This method should advance the time by one minute (see Java Date class reference here: Date (Java Platform SE 6)). Once advanced, this method should do the following:
Adjust the current temperature using the setCurrentTemperature method (assume one degree a minute)
advanceOneHour()
same as the above method, but adjust the time an entire hour
currentStatus()
input: none
output: string
This method returns a string with the current status of the thermostat. Include the following:
Whether it is on/off
Whether it is cooling/heating
The desired temp
The current temp
In your main, you should create a themostat and thoroughly test it. Be sure to showcase time passing and the temperature reaching the desired setting. Also, showcase switching modes from heating to cooling.

Yeah it gave several errors starting with line 17. It says "<identifier> expected" after the println. There's a few of those errors for that line pretty much same error just different spot. It's doing that same error for any of the currentStatus printouts. Not sure what I'm doing wrong...

There are statements outside any method (main()?) in the Assignment class. For some reason, Eclipse doesn't warn you of that in advance with a precise explanation, and the compiler just knows there's an unresolved compilation problem.

I went back and moved the } to the end so that everything was in main, but the new error is :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
Syntax error on token ")", delete this token
Syntax error, insert "}" to complete ClassBody

at Assignment.main(Assignment.java:40)

In the main file
house.advanceMinute(); should be house.advanceOneMinute();

--- Update ---

after solving it your code is working properly

Yeah it is working, but not properly. For some reason, it keeps giving me the same numbers despite the testing I do. For example, Here is the data that I start with (I changed the values around a bit but that was it):
house.power = true;
house.heating = true;
house.currentTemperature = 60.0;
house.desiredTemperature = 75.0;
house.heatingThreshold = 90.0;
house.coolingThreshold = 40.0;

Even after advancing minutes and advancing the hours, everything is staying the same when I print it the 2nd time, 3rd time, etc. The values aren't changing even when powering off. Here is my full code once again just to be safe:

public class Assignment {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
		Thermostat house = new Thermostat();
		house.power = true;
		house.heating = true;
		house.currentTemperature = 60.0;
		house.desiredTemperature = 75.0;
		house.heatingThreshold = 90.0;
		house.coolingThreshold = 40.0;
 
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("5 minutes later");
 
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
 
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("Turning Thermostat Power Off...");
	house.power = false;
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("2 minutes later...");
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	house.advanceOneMinute();
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
	System.out.println("One hour later...");
	System.out.println(house.currentStatus());
 
 
	}
}

import java.util.*;
 
public class Thermostat {
 
	public double currentTemperature;
	public double desiredTemperature;
	public boolean heating;
	public double heatingThreshold;
	public double coolingThreshold;
	public boolean power;
 
	Calendar cal = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
 
	public double getCurrentTemperature() {
		return currentTemperature;
	}
 
	public void setCurrentTemperature(double currentTemperature){
		this.currentTemperature = currentTemperature;
 
		if (currentTemperature >= desiredTemperature && heating == true);
				power = false;
 
		if (currentTemperature <= desiredTemperature && heating == false);
				power = true;
 
		if (currentTemperature >= heatingThreshold);
			heating = false;
 
		if (currentTemperature <= coolingThreshold);
			heating = true;
 
 
	}
	public double getDesiredTemperature() {
		return desiredTemperature;
	}
	public void setDesiredTemperature(double desiredTemperature) {
		this.desiredTemperature = desiredTemperature;
	}
	public boolean isHeating() {
		return heating;
	}
	public void setHeating(boolean heating) {
		this.heating = heating;
	}
	public double getHeatingThreshold() {
		return heatingThreshold;
	}
	public void setHeatingThreshold(double heatingThreshold) {
		this.heatingThreshold = heatingThreshold;
	}
	public double getCoolingThreshold() {
		return coolingThreshold;
	}
	public void setCoolingThreshold(double coolingThreshold) {
		this.coolingThreshold = coolingThreshold;
	}
	public boolean isPower() {
		return power;
	}
	public void setPower(boolean power) {
		this.power = power;
	}
 
	public void advanceOneMinute(){
		cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 1);
 
		if (heating = true);
			setCurrentTemperature(currentTemperature +1);
		if (heating = false);
		setCurrentTemperature(currentTemperature -1);
	}
 
	public void advanceOneHour(){
		cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, 1);
 
		if (heating = true);
		setCurrentTemperature(currentTemperature +60);
	if (heating = false);
		setCurrentTemperature(currentTemperature -60);
	}
 
	public String currentStatus(){
		String output = "";
 
		output += "\tPower: " + power;
		output += "\n\tHeating: " + heating;
		output += "\n\tDesired Temperature: " + desiredTemperature;
		output += "\n\tCurrent Temperature: " + currentTemperature + "\n";
 
		return output;
 
	}
}

And that's what I'm saying. It compiles and everything correctly. Zero errors. The problem now is logic, I'm guessing within the program. No matter what, the actual printed values are the same. They never change. I'll run it and paste from Eclipse (which is same from command prompt) what it shows:

Power: true
Heating: true
Desired Temperature: 75.0
Current Temperature: 60.0

5 minutes later
Power: true
Heating: true
Desired Temperature: 75.0
Current Temperature: 60.0

Turning Thermostat Power Off...
Power: false
Heating: true
Desired Temperature: 75.0
Current Temperature: 60.0

2 minutes later...
Power: true
Heating: true
Desired Temperature: 75.0
Current Temperature: 60.0

One hour later...
Power: true
Heating: true
Desired Temperature: 75.0
Current Temperature: 60.0

Your logic in the public void setCurrentTemperature(double currentTemperature) is disturbing one
u just check the method by putting the values which are giving u will see none of the codition is getting satisfied

--- Update ---

can u plz post Your assignment question with full description