Thread: Problem calling

Hey!


I have a two classes and i have a rather hard time calling the second last method from the first class
so that the last method, which is a private, can react!
Not allowed to change the first class but the second one i can do as i please but no matter what i
still cannot get the right call from it.

This is the one that i'm not allowed to change.

public class AlarmClock {
 
	/* Current time */
	private int hours = 0;
	private int minutes = 0;
	/* Alarm Properties */
	private int alarmHour = 0;
	private int alarmMinute = 0;
	private boolean alarmOn = false;
 
	public AlarmClock(int h, int m) {
		hours = h;
		minutes = m;
	}
 
	public void displayTime() {
		System.out.println("Time: " + hours + " hours, " + minutes + " minutes");
	}
 
	public void setAlarm(int h, int m) {
		alarmHour = h;
		alarmMinute = m;
		alarmOn = true;
	}
 
	public void displayAlarmTime() {
		System.out.println("Alarm Time: " + alarmHour + " hours, " + alarmMinute + " minutes");
	}
 
	public void timeTick() {
		minutes = minutes + 1;
 
		if (minutes == 60) {
			hours = hours + 1;
			minutes = 0;
		}
 
		if (hours == 24) {
			hours = 0;
		}
 
		checkAlarm();
	}
 
	private void checkAlarm() {
		if (alarmOn && minutes == alarmMinute && hours == alarmHour)
			System.out.println("Wake up! Time to go!");
	}
 
}

And this is my main.

public class AlarmMain {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		AlarmClock A = new AlarmClock(23, 48);
		A.setAlarm(6, 15);
		A.displayTime();
		A.displayAlarmTime();
		A.timeTick();
	}
}

And what i need to be able to do is to add 500 more min so that the call from "A.timeTick()" reacts.
The time that is set is 23:48.
I have tried to add more time onto the "new AlarmClock(h, m)" by adding
on m within a forloop but that didn't work.

Any idea as of how i should go about fixing this?

Originally Posted by Norm

Where is the 500 minutes passed to the method? Should it be a parameter to the method?
Right now the method is hardcoded to add 1 to the minutes. Is that what it is supposed to do?
To add 500 minutes, it would have to be called 500 times.

I made it without anything saying that "we are adding 500 min" because everytime i tried it didn't work.

Well i didn't get anything good from adding 500 min there and i don't think that i should call something 500 times.. maybe forloop that but
it doesn't seem right.

Originally Posted by Norm

What does the 500 min have to do with the program's requirements?

If the method only adds 1 each time it is called, then to add 500 it needs to be called 500 times.

Sorry about that. It worked. Yeah i get what you mean now.
Added a forloop and made it do the method 500 times. Works fine!
Thanks.

PS: Added an if statement within the loop to break if the int of i is greater than
or equal to 500. That didn't actually change anything but
just in case i guess.