Thread: defining a constructor with a scanner

Hi java beginner here.

Im pretty sure there will be a simple solution to this. I am trying to


this is the task


2.1 Stone
Define a constructor for class Stone that reads input from the user and initialises the name and
weight fields according to the following I/O (bold text indicates sample user input):
Page 3
Programming Fundamentals (48023) Autumn 2013 Assignment 1
Enter stone name: Diamond
Enter stone weight: 12

here is my code

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Stone
{
String name;
int weight;

Stone()
{
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter stone name: ");
String name = Global.keyboard.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter stone weight: ");
int weight = Global.keyboard.nextInt();
//Global.keyboard.nextInt();


}
}

this is what i get when submitting to online marking system



% java TestMethods +Stone Diamond 12 @name @weight +Stone Gem 7 @name @weight
== Benchmark program's output == | == Your program's output ==

rand_seed = 24069 rand_seed = 24069
$ stone = new Stone() $ stone = new Stone()
Enter stone name: Diamond Enter stone name: Diamond
Enter stone weight: 12 Enter stone weight: 12
$ stone.name -> "Diamond" | $ stone.name -> null
$ stone.weight -> 12 | $ stone.weight -> 0
$ stone = new Stone() $ stone = new Stone()
Enter stone name: Gem | Enter stone name: Enter stone weight: Gem
Enter stone weight: 7 | java.util.InputMismatchException
$ stone.name -> "Gem" | at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:840)
$ stone.weight -> 7 | at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1461)
> at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Scanner.java:2091)
> at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Scanner.java:2050)
> at Scanner.nextInt(Scanner.java:57)
> at Stone.<init>(Stone.java:13)
> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInsta nce0(Na
> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInsta nce(Nat
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newI nstance
> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Construc tor.jav
> at Invoker.create(Invoker.java:23)
> at TestMethods.main(TestMethods.java:53)

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any ideas what i am doing wrong?