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Thread: Trouble Calling Method

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    Default Trouble Calling Method

    Hey guys, thank you for the help with previous posts. Right now I am attempting to call a method getComm and getAnnComp but am slightly confused with the variable I should place before the method call. Here is the method, I highlighted my issue with all caps

     Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.print("\nTotal Commission and Annual Sales Calculator\nThis "
                    + "program will calculate Total Compensation based"
                    + " upon\nthe percentage met of the $120,000 Annual Sales Target."
                    + "\nThis program will also output a table of possible Total"
                    + " Compensations\nin increments of $5,000 up to 1.5 times your inputted Annual Sales\n\n"
                    + "Please enter your Total Annual Sales: ");
     
     
             //Check for Correct Entry Data
             try { 
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); 
                String line = in.readLine().trim(); 
     
                //Check for Null Entry
                   if (line == null || line.length() == 0) { 
                      System.out.println("You did not enter a value"); 
                      return; 
                } 
     
                   //Declare Annual Sales and Replace Commas/Dollar Signs
                    annualSales = Double.parseDouble(line.replaceAll(",", "").replaceAll("\\$", ""));
     
                //Check for numerical value
            }   catch (NumberFormatException exception) { 
                     System.out.println("Error: Not a valid sales amount."); 
                     return; 
     
     
                //Check for IOException
            }   catch (IOException exception) { 
                     System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getLocalizedMessage()); 
                     return; 
            } 
     
             //Declare Sales
            spsales=new Salesperson(annualSales);
     
            //Output Total Commission
            System.out.println("\nYour Total Commission for the year is: $" +
                    spsales.getComm()); //HERE IS MY PROBLEM
     
            //Output Total Compensation
            System.out.println("Your Total Compensation for the year is: $"+
                    String.format("%.2f", spsales.getAnnComp())+ "+\n");  //HERE IS ALSO MY PROBLEM
     
    ...etc assume code closes correctly

    the corresponding document is

    package salesperson_part1;
     
    public class Salesperson {
     
       //Variable Definition
         //Declares and initalizes fixed salary.
        private final double Fix_Sal = 50000;
        //Declares and initalizes commission.
        private final double Comm = 7.5;
        //Declares and initalizes acceleration factor.
        private final double Accel_Factor = 1.25;
        //Declares and initializes sales target.
        double target = 120000;         
        //Declares and initializes sales incentive threshold.
        double thresh = .80;
        String spName;    //holds the salesperson's name
        double annSales;   // Holds value for annual sales
        double commRate;  //holds calculated commission rate.  
        double commEarned;  //holds calculated commission earned.   
        double totalAnnComp; //Holds calculated total annual commission
     
        //Default Constructor  
     
        //Default Constructor
        public Salesperson()
        {
            spName = "Unknown";
            annSales = 0.0;
        }
     
        ////parameterized constructor
        public Salesperson(String name, double sales)
        {
            spName = name;
            annSales = sales;
        }
     
        Salesperson(double annualSales) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
        }
     
        //The setName method will set the name of salesperson
        public void setName(String name)
        {
            spName = name;
        }
     
        //The getName method will rueturn the name of salesperson
        public String getName()
        {
            return spName;
        }
     
        //The setSales method will set the annual sales
        public void setSales(double sales)
        {
            annSales = sales;
        }
     
        //The getSales method returns the value stored in annualSales
        public double getSales()
        {
            return annSales;
        }
     
        //The getComm method will calculate and return commission earned
        public double getComm()
        {
        //Check if sale are greater than or equal to 80% of target. 
        if (annSales >= (target * thresh))
        {
                if (annSales > target) //Checks if annual sales exceed target.
                {   
                //Gets commission rate.
                    commRate = (Comm * Accel_Factor)/100;
            commEarned = commRate * annSales;
                }
                else
                {
            commRate = Comm/100;
            commEarned = commRate * annSales;
                }
        }
        else
            {
            commRate = 0;
            commEarned = 0;
        }
        return commEarned;
        }
     
        /*
         * The getAnnComp method will calculate and return the total 
         * annual compensation.
         */ 
        public double getAnnComp ()
        {
        totalAnnComp = Fix_Sal + commEarned;
        return totalAnnComp;
        }
    }

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    Default Re: Trouble Calling Method

    confused with the variable I should place before the method call.
    Can you explain what is confusing?
    What do you mean by "before the method call"?
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Do you get any runtime exception? If so, what is it?

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    Default Re: Trouble Calling Method

    I decided to use a different method figuratively and literally as I could not figure out why spsales could not be passed to GetComm(). With that being said I used

    //Output Total Commission
            System.out.println("\nYour Total Commission for the year is: $" +
                    Salesperson.CommEarned);

    and was able to collect the variable efficiently

    Thanks again!

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    I'm glad you've got it sorted out.

    ---

    The other thread is at double-cannot-dereferenced

    ---

    Going back to your original question (top of this thread) you had

    spsales=new Salesperson(annualSales);
     
    //Output Total Commission
    System.out.println("\nYour Total Commission for the year is: $" +
        spsales.getComm()); //HERE IS MY PROBLEM
     
    //Output Total Compensation
    System.out.println("Your Total Compensation for the year is: $"+
        String.format("%.2f", spsales.getAnnComp())+ "+\n");  //HERE IS ALSO MY PROBLEM

    Note the line "spsales=new Salesperson(annualSales);" because in the other class you define that as

    Salesperson(double annualSales) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
    }

    So I would have thought saying "new SalesPerson()" would throw an exception and give the error message. That's why I was asking about runtime exceptions.

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    Default Re: Trouble Calling Method

    Quote Originally Posted by pbrockway2 View Post
    I'm glad you've got it sorted out.

    ---

    The other thread is at double-cannot-dereferenced

    ---

    Going back to your original question (top of this thread) you had

    spsales=new Salesperson(annualSales);
     
    //Output Total Commission
    System.out.println("\nYour Total Commission for the year is: $" +
        spsales.getComm()); //HERE IS MY PROBLEM
     
    //Output Total Compensation
    System.out.println("Your Total Compensation for the year is: $"+
        String.format("%.2f", spsales.getAnnComp())+ "+\n");  //HERE IS ALSO MY PROBLEM

    Note the line "spsales=new Salesperson(annualSales);" because in the other class you define that as

    Salesperson(double annualSales) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
    }

    So I would have thought saying "new SalesPerson()" would throw an exception and give the error message. That's why I was asking about runtime exceptions.
    Ah, I understand. I edited that out and corrected after posting. Thanks again for your help with everything.

    As some background, Im in a 5 week course in which this program took an evolution of complexity each week. Some things are learned as we work, and it means a lot to have a source for help when needed. I look back at my questions and code from Week 2 and laugh at it's messy format. I'd love to share with you the final program and its evolution if you want to give it a look, I'm proud even though it may seem very basic to you haha! I won't post it here as someone may copy and paste it when Googling for help, but if you want to shoot me a PM, skype, or discord I'd be willing to send it!

    Thanks again, and this concludes the programming for this class. Java is done for my major however I do plan on continuing to expand knowledge in the language

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