Thread: WHY WONT THIS COMPILE!

hey guys and girls, im pretty new at programming, only a junior in highschool and im working with objects. If someone could help me out, i would be very thankful. Here is the class that contains the constructor and the methods.

public class BankAccount
{
     double balance;
     String name = "";
     double deposit;
     double withdraw;
     public BankAccount(double setBalance,String setName)
     {
         balance = setBalance;
         name = setName;
     }
     public void deposit(double setDeposit, double newBalance)
     {
         deposit = setDeposit;
         balance = newBalance;
         newBalance = deposit + balance;
     }
     public void withdraw(double setWithdraw, double newBalance)
     {
        withdraw = setWithdraw;
        balance = newBalance;
        newBalance = balance - withdraw;
     }
}

My second class contains this -

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Tester extends BankAccount 
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        Tester o1 = new Tester();
 
        Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter amount initially put in the account: ");
        double x = kb.nextDouble();
        o1.balance = x;
        System.out.println(x);
    }  
}

of course there will be a lot more into the second class, but i have to find out why this second class wont compile. sorry for my poor choice of words, once again im a pretty new programmer.

The compile error is this -

Constructor BankAccount in class BankAccount cannot be applied to the given types.

(Public class Tester extends BankAccount) is what is highlighted.

For future reference, please use the code tags, and there is no need to shout (exclamation point, all caps). The compiler error is referring to the constructor in the parent class BankAccount, the defined constructore depends upon several parameters,

public BankAccount(double setBalance,String setName)

however the child class Tester does not contain this type of constructor. Any reason the class Tester extends BankAccount?

Originally Posted by usmc0311

if i dont extend it, i wont be able to use the variable in the first class, in my second class. As far as i know at least.

What happened when you tried? And can't you just add a getter method?

Originally Posted by wrightm96

1) Are BankAccount and Tester in the same package/location? That might be why...

No, copeg already explained the cause. It has nothing to do with package or location.

Originally Posted by wrightm96

if not:
2) Change your constructor to have different arguments.

BankAccount()

instead of

 BankAcount(double setBalance, String setName)

No, that's not the correct solution. It might get rid of the error, but it causes other, more fundamental problems in the program's design.

Originally Posted by wrightm96

Also, in your second class, your last line of code is displaying the variable "x", not "o1.balance"

Right, but that's after he set balance equal to x, so it shouldn't matter that much.

Originally Posted by wrightm96

And as Kevin said, you should be able to access the variables using name.variable as long as you set them first (since you don't have a default value assigned)...

That is not what I suggested, and it's not even really true. Variable access has nothing to do with when you set them. It has more to do with access (private, public, packages, etc).

I appreciate that you're trying to help, but providing false information is not helpful.

Just curious, being a junior in High School myself, what is the name of the course (is it AP, standard, honors, etc.)

Ok, now on to your problem:

1. Copeg makes a good point, there is no particular reason for Tester to extend BankAccount. All of BankAccount's variables and methods are public. You may be better off creating a BankAccount object rather than a Tester. However, since this is likely for school, you may be required to make Tester a child of BankAccount so...

2. If you absolutely need Tester to extend BankAccount try making a call to BankAccount's constructor using super Using the Keyword super (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Interfaces and Inheritance)

That should be enough to get you started