Thread: Homework help please

I am having issues with creating class for my home work.

The project: Designing and implementing a class called dog that contains instance datat that represents the dogs name and age. i have to define the dog constructor to accept and initialize instance data. include getter and setter methods for the name and age. include a metod to compute and return the age of the dog in person years. include a tostring method that returns a oneline description of the dog. crate a driver class call kennel, whose main method instantiates and updates several dog objects.

So first is my dog class it is complies just fine

//********************************************************************
//  Dog.java       Author: Anastacia Williams
//
//  Get and set doog name and age
//
//	  ______________________________
//           	  name of class
//                    Dog
//        ______________________________
//            list of class variables
//                  Age      int
//					petAge   int
//					Value    int
//
//
//
//        ______________________________
//            list of class methods
//                -int
//				  -String Dog
//				  +Dog
//				  +getName
//				  +setName
//				  +getAge
//				  +setAge
//				  +HumanYear
//				  +String toString
//        ______________________________
//
//********************************************************************
 
public class Dog
{
   	private int Age ;  //age of animal
 
	private String Name;  // name
 
	private int HumanAge; //human age
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Constructor: vallue
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public Dog(String petname, int petAge, int Agetime7)
   {
       Name = petname;
       Age = petAge;
       HumanAge = Agetime7;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Set name
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setName(String petname)
   {
  	      Name = petname;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  get name
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public String getName()
   {
		      return Name;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  set age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setAge(int petAge)
   {
  		      int Age = petAge;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Get age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public int getAge()
   {
  		      return Age;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Humna years. formula age times 7
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setHumanAge(int Agetime7)
   {
 
			int HumanAge = Agetime7;
   }
 
 
	public int getHumanAge()
	 {
	  		      return HumanAge;
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns a string representation to dog name an age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public String toString()
   {
 
 
  		return "Name of dog: " + Name + "Age of dog: " + Age + "Human age: " + HumanAge;
 
   }
}

This is my kennel

//********************************************************************
//  Kennel.java       Author: Anastacia Williams
//
//  Get and set doog name and age
//
//	  ______________________________
//           	  name of class
//
//        ______________________________
//            list of class variables
//                  None
//        ______________________________
//            list of class methods
//                +main
//        ______________________________
//
//********************************************************************
 
 
public class Kennel
{
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Generate aniaml name and age.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
  public static void main (String[] args)
   {
 
  		Dog dog1 = new Dog ("willy", 9, 63);
 
      System.out.println ( "First Dog " dog1.toString);
 
 
   }
}

the errors i encounter with kennel are:
E:\New Folder\Kennel.java:32: error: ')' expected
System.out.println ( "First Dog " dog1.toString);
^
E:\New Folder\Kennel.java:32: error: illegal start of expression
System.out.println ( "First Dog " dog1.toString);
^
E:\New Folder\Kennel.java:32: error: ';' expected
System.out.println ( "First Dog " dog1.toString);
^
3 errors

Tool completed with exit code 1

Please help me

Originally Posted by Norm

The arg to the println() method is a String. Separate Strings can be joined together to make one String by using the + operator.
The compiler wants a ) after the String it has found after println(
Join the two Strings to make one by putting a + between them

Well since i added what you want this si the error code i get now
I:\New Folder\Kennel.java:32: error: cannot find symbol
System.out.println ( "First Dog " + dog1.toString);
________________________________^
symbol: variable toString
location: variable dog1 of type Dog
1 error

Tool completed with exit code 1

yes. the first code is my Dog. public String toString() i am not sure if i need to add anything in there and i am very confused at why it is not working.

I am sorry i am not sure.

What the differences is. I read my text but i do not understand it.

Originally Posted by Norm

Not sure of what? Please be specific.

Take a look at the tutorial:
Defining Methods (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Classes and Objects)
Declaring Member Variables (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Classes and Objects)

So i redid my code for Dog.

//********************************************************************
//  Dog.java       Author: Anastacia Williams
//
//  Get and set doog name and age
//
//	  ______________________________
//           	  name of class
//                    Dog
//        ______________________________
//            list of class variables
//                  Age      int
//					petAge   int
//					Value    int
//
//
//
//        ______________________________
//            list of class methods
//                -int
//				  -String Dog
//				  +Dog
//				  +getName
//				  +setName
//				  +getAge
//				  +setAge
//				  +HumanYear
//				  +String toString
//        ______________________________
//
//********************************************************************
 
public class Dog
{
   	private int Age ;  //age of animal
 
	private String Name;  // name
 
	private int HumanAge; //human age
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Constructor: vallue
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public Dog(String petname, int petAge, int Agetime7, String NAH)
   {
       Name = petname;
       Age = petAge;
       HumanAge = Agetime7;
       String toString = NAH;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Set name
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setName(String petname)
   {
  	      Name = petname;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  get name
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public String getName()
   {
		      return Name;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  set age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setAge(int petAge)
   {
  		      int Age = petAge;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Get age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public int getAge()
   {
  		      return Age;
   }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Humna years. formula age times 7
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void setHumanAge(int Agetime7)
   {
 
			int HumanAge = Agetime7;
   }
 
 
	public int getHumanAge()
	 {
	  		      return HumanAge;
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns a string representation to dog name an age
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public String toString()
   {
 
		String NAH = Dog.toString ("Name of dog: " + Name + "Age of dog: " + Age + "Human age: " + HumanAge);
  		return (NAH);
 
   }
}

now i am getting an error

C:\Users\kids\Documents\bobobob\Dog.java:103: error: no suitable method found for toString(String)
String NAH = Dog.toString ("Name of dog: " + Name + "Age of dog: " + Age + "Human age: " + HumanAge);
^
method Dog.toString() is not applicable
(actual and formal argument lists differ in length)
method Object.toString() is not applicable
(actual and formal argument lists differ in length)
1 error

Tool completed with exit code 1

[Hi there. For the kennel, please do the following ]

public class Kennel
{

public static void main (String[] args)
{

Dog dog1 = new Dog ("willy", 9, 63);

System.out.println ( "First Dog " + dog1.toString());

}
}

It works for me..