Thread: newbie help

Hey guys,

I'm a java newbie struggling to correct this problem. It's an error mesage I get, don't understand why.

It's a homework assignment and I have to create Person, Date, SSN objects and run them in main together.

The error occurs when, in main, I try to create a new Person and plug in first name, last name, etc.

public class PersonTester {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 
	Date hermanBday = new Date(11,11,2011);
	Person Ken = new Person();
	Person Herman = new Person("Herman", 'H', "Wilson", hermanBday, "111-11-1111");
 
 
	} //end main
}//end class

I get this error message when I compile:

----jGRASP exec: javac -g PersonTester.java

PersonTester.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Person(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang .String,Date,java.lang.String)
location: class Person
Person Herman = new Person("Herman", 'H', "Wilson", sueBday, "111-11-1111");
^
1 error

----jGRASP wedge2: exit code for process is 1.
----jGRASP: operation complete.



Here's the Person class, the error message hints that something is wrong w my constructor (my default constructor seems to work fine)

  public class Person {
 
      private String firstName;
      private char middleInitial;
      private String lastName;
      private Date birthdate;
      private SSN social;
 
 
   //no-arg constructor
      public Person() {
 
         firstName = null;
         middleInitial = '\0';
         lastName = null;
         birthdate = null;
         social = null;
      }
 
   //constructor method
      public Person(String fn, char mi, String ln, Date bDate, SSN soc) {
 
         firstName = fn;
         middleInitial = mi;
         lastName = ln;
         birthdate = bDate;
	 social = soc;
      }
 
	//toString Method
      public String toString() {
 
         String str = (	"\nFirst Name: " + firstName +
            			"\nMiddle Initial: " + middleInitial +
            			"\nLast Name: " + lastName +
				"\nBirthdate: " + birthdate +
            			"\nSocial Security Number: " + social);
         return(str);
      }