Thread: non-static method getDimensions() cannot be referenced ...

Doing some deeper study on classes and objects. The object here is to get the dimensions of a rectangle, and give the area and perimeter of the rectangle. the tester is giving me a compilation error:

RectangleTest.java:14: non-static method getDimensions() cannot be referenced from a static context
System.out.println(Rectangle.getDimensions());

Can somebody give me some insight?

Thanks.

//Jeremiah A. Walker
//Find the area and perimeter of a rectangle
 
public class Rectangle
{
	private int width = 1;
	private int length = 1;
	private int area;
	private int perimeter;
	//method to set dimensions for our rectangle;  
	public void setDimensions(int w, int l)
	{
		width = w;
		length = l;
		area = w * l;
		perimeter = 2 * l * w;
	}//end method setDimensions
 
	public String  getDimensions()
	{
		return String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d:%02d", width, length, area, perimeter);
	}//end method getDimensions
 
}//end class Rectangle

//Jeremiah A. Walker
//Test Rectangle class
 
public class RectangleTest
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		//create and initialize a Rectangle object
		Rectangle rect1 = new Rectangle();//invokes Rectangle constructor
 
		//output string representations of the time
		rect1.setDimensions(10,10);
		System.out.print("The dimensions of this rectangle are: ");
		System.out.println(Rectangle.getDimensions());
	}//end main
}//end class RectangleTest

I declared the method and its associated variables static, but now I get this error:
Rectangle.java:22: unreachable statement
return perimeter;
^
1 error

Got it to work. Thanks.

invoke the getDemension() method on the object rather than the class

EDIT: Oh you solved it. nevermind lol