Thread: Program goes into infinite compilation. University project - Library Program.

Originally Posted by Norm

My impression of several IDEs is that they are for giving students the flavor of programming without requiring them to know all the dirty details.
If you want to be a programmer, you need to know the dirty details. Then the question is, When do you teach them? I'll leave that to the academics to figure out the best way to teach a subject.

Well said, You are right, they are trying not to bombard us with too much info..In Blue j u actually are able to create an object and call the methods. You actually see what you are doing graphically, which makes it more interesting for the students. But its no gud for me because its a pathway to my Networking course. I wont get a second chance, as I have to follow a specific path to my network degree, but I ve enjoyed the 7 wks introduction to programming so much, I want more than just the basics. Im thinking of diversifying to programming. thanx

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Originally Posted by clarky2006

Well said, You are right, they are trying not to bombard us with too much info..In Blue j u actually are able to create an object and call the methods. You actually see what you are doing graphically, which makes it more interesting for the students. But its no gud for me because its a pathway to my Networking course. I wont get a second chance, as I have to follow a specific path to my network degree, but I ve enjoyed the 7 wks introduction to programming so much, I want more than just the basics. Im thinking of diversifying to programming. thanx

I still need your help though to finish the project..Im trying to figure out how to write an If statement on my book Class..The scenario is they want us to add if the book is fiction or non-fiction as part of the details and thinking about it I can only use Boolean. I ll post a copy the code as i re-written it today and it compiles fine.

/**
 * This is the book Class and would hold information on the books 
 * collection.
 * 
 * @author (Michael Clark) 
 * @version (30th October 2012, version 0.1)
 */
public class Book
{
    // instance variables 
    private int bookId;
    private String author;
    private String title;
    private boolean isFiction;
 
    /**
     * Constructor for objects of class Book with parameters.
     */
    public Book(int id, String author, String title, boolean isFiction)
    {
        // Instance variables
        this.bookId = 0;
        this.author = author;
        this.title = title;
        this.isFiction = true;
    }
 
    /**
     *  This is a default constructor method with no parameters for 
     *  the books Class.
     *
     *  
     */
     public Book()
     {
 
     }
 
    /**
     * This method is for returning the name of the books Author. 
     */
 
    public String getautor()
    {
 
        return author;
    }
 
    /**
     * This method returns the book ID.
     */
 
    public int getId()
    {
        return bookId;
    }
 
    /**
     * 
     * This method would return the Book title.
     */
    public String getTitle()
    {
        return title;
    }
 
    /**
     * 
     * This mutator method should change or set the book author's name 
     * when called.
     * 
     */
    public void setAuthor(String authorName)
    {
        author = authorName;
    }
 
    /**
     * 
     * This method sets the book ID when invoked.
     */
    public void setId(int newBookId)
    {
        bookId = newBookId;
    }
 
    /**
     * 
     * This method when invoked would prompt the user to set/change the book title 
     * by entering a string name in the parameter.
     * 
     */
    public void setTitle(String bookTitle)
    {
        title = bookTitle;
    }
 
    /**
     * This method when called would print all the book's details including the
     * book author, book ID, book title and whether its fiction or non fiction.
     * 
     */
    public void printDetails()
    {
    {
        System.out.println("bookId  "+ bookId + "#");
        System.out.println("author " + author + "#");
        System.out.println("bookTitle " + title + "#");
 
        System.out.println("?????????");
 
    }
 
}
 
}

Originally Posted by Norm

Which part of the if statement is giving you problems. I would imagine it would be the boolean expression. Can you explain?


A boolean variable could be used for that. Its value would be true if fiction, false if non-fiction.

cheers I would have look on that site now..If you look at the code i posted.. the variable="private boolean isfiction"


See: The if-then and if-then-else Statements (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)

Have a look at the code i posted please. i need to add if fiction or not in the print method..cheers.................................... .............

Originally Posted by Norm

What do you want the print() method to do with respect to how it uses the isFiction variable?

The ternary operator could be useful. It's sort of like an inline method that returns one of two values depending on the value of a boolean expression. Use Google to find examples.
Also see: Equality, Relational, and Conditional Operators (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)

public boolean fiction()
{
    if(boolean == true)
    System.out.println("This book is ficion");
 
    else 
    if(false)
    System.out.println("This book is non-fiction");
 
 
 
}

struggling to get this to print

Originally Posted by clarky2006

if(boolean == true)

You can't compare a declarator with something.

Originally Posted by minju

You can't compare a declarator with something.

How can i get it to print? what do you suggest?

You have to put the boolean variable's name instead of "boolean".

Originally Posted by Norm

That line should be coded like this:
if(booleanVariableNameHere)

You need to have a boolean variable that is true if a book is ....(your choice for fiction or non-fiction)

public boolean fiction()
{
    if(true)
    {
    System.out.println("This book is fiction");
   }
 
    else 
    if(false)
    {
    System.out.println("This book is non-fiction");
   }
 
 
 
 
}

Hia, This is how I ve coded it but it says "missing return statement"
cheers.