Thread: Inheritance + Array

Hi, I am newbie to Java programming language. Hope others can help me find out this problem. The problem occur at main class. Thank you in advance.

p/s: sorry for broken english


Superclass

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Publication
{
    protected String id;
    protected String title;
    protected double price;
 
    public Publication(String a, String b, double c)
    {
        id=a;
        title=b;
        price=c;
    }
 
    public String getID()
    {
        return id;
    }
 
    public String getTitle()
    {
        return title;
    }
 
    public double getPrice()
    {
        return price;
    }
 
    public String disPublication()
    {
        return "ID: "+id+"\nTitle: "+title+"\nPrice: RM"+price;
    }
}

Book Class

import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Book extends Publication
{
    private int page;
    private double pricePage;
 
    //normal constructor
    public Book(String a, String b, double c, int d, double e)
    {
        super(a,b,c);
        page=d;
        pricePage=e;
    }
 
    public int getPage()
    {
        return page;
    }
 
    public double getPricePage()
    {
        return pricePage;
    }
 
 
    public double calcPrice()
    {
        return page*pricePage*price;
    }
}

Main Class

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class BookApp
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please enter size of an array: ");
        int size=sc.nextInt();
 
        BookApp[] buku=new BookApp[size];
 
        for (int i=0; i<buku.length; i++)
        {
            System.out.print("Please enter ID: ");
            String id=sc.next();
            System.out.print("Please enter the title ");
            String title=sc.next();
            System.out.print("Please enter the Price: RM");
            double price=sc.nextDouble();
            System.out.print("Please enter number of pages: ");
            int page=sc.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Please enter price per page: RM");
            double pricePage=sc.nextDouble();
 
            Publication pub=new Publication(id, title, price);
            Book b=new Book(id, title, price, page, pricePage);
 
            buku[i]=new BookApp();
        }
 
        double total=0, avg=0;
        for (int i=0; i<buku.length; i++)
        {
            [COLOR="#FF0000"]total+=buku[i].calcPrice();[/COLOR]     //the error is here
        }
        avg=total/buku.length;
 
        int index=0;
        for (int i=0; i<buku.length; i++)
        {
            if (buku[i].calcPrice()>2000)
                index++;
        }
        System.out.println("Books that has total cost more than RM2,000 is "+index);
 
        System.out.print("Enter ID: ");
        String userID=sc.next();
 
        boolean found=false;
        for (int i=0; i<buku.length; i++)
        {
            if (buku[i].id.equalsIgnoreCase(userID));
            {
                System.out.println(disPublication()+" "+calcPrice());
                found=true;
            }
        }   
        if (found=false)
            System.out.println("There's no publication information for input ID.");
    }   
}

Welcome zarulizham

What is the problem?
If there is an error message, post the full text of the message here
It is hard enough to figure out what functional code does at times, we can not guess what broken code was supposed to do, you have to tell us.

at the main class, got comment with "the error is here". Error is: cannot find symbol - method calcPrice()

I think the way i call the method is wrong.


this is the question.
i stuck at c) iii.

Create a superclass named Publication that contains the following information :

Attributes :
String id //publication id
String title //publication title
double price //publication price

Methods:
public Publication(String, String, double);
public String getID();
public String getTitle();
public double getPrice();
public String dispPublication();

a) Complete the Publication class definition above.

b) Create a new class Book that inherits from Publication class and has new attributes number of pages and price per page. Book has a method named calcPrice() that will calculate and return the total cost of publication for the book (total cost = number of pages * price per page * price of publication)

c) Write Java application named BookApp to do the following :
i. Declare a Book array and the size is entered by user.
ii. Input the book data and store in the array
iii. Find the average cost of all book objects input into an array.
iv. Count how many books that has total cost more than RM2,000
v. Display the publication information based on the ID entered by user, display an error message if ID is not found.

thank you

Hello.
The problem is straightforward.
If possible trace the program using a pen and pencil. You may be able to find out the error.
To hint you just find out on which object you want to invoke the calcPrice()? Is that method available in the corresponding class?
Did you create the objects of that particular class or some other classes?
Are you storing the inputs from the keyboard into the main memory? If yes where?

Syed.

Originally Posted by zarulizham

at the main class, got comment with "the error is here". Error is: cannot find symbol - method calcPrice()

Originally Posted by jps

If there is an error message, post the full text of the message here

... ?

How to help yourself get help.

you have to post the whole error message you get or else we will have to just guess until its correct

Originally Posted by derekxec

you have to post the whole error message you get or else we will have to just guess until its correct

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you mean this error message?

Originally Posted by syedbhai

Are you storing the inputs from the keyboard into the main memory? If yes where?

Syed.

buku[i]=new BookApp();

code for store input is correct or not? i need to store calcPrice() into buku[i] too right? how to do this. totally blind

BookApp[] buku=new BookApp[size];
This means that the variable named buku is an array of BookApp
buku.calcPrice() means that BookApp has a method named calcPrice() ... which it does not
The error message is trying to tell you it can not find a method named calcPrice within scope

Either add a method named calcPrice to the BookApp class, use a method the BookApp class has, or perhaps the array was to be of Book and not of BookApp