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    So I wrote this code but I got two errors message "int can not be dereferenced" and "boolean can not be dereferenced"
    Can somebody help please?


    * Set the status of the ambulance whose ID is given.
    * @param id The ambulance's ID.
    * @param area The ambulance's new area.
    * @param free Whether it is now free or not.

     
        private ArrayList<Ambulance> cars;
     
        public AmbulanceControl()
        {
            cars = new ArrayList<Ambulance>();
     
        }
     
        public void setStatus(int id, int area, boolean free)
        {
            Iterator<Ambulance> ab = cars.iterator();
            while(ab.hasNext()){
                Ambulance ambulance = ab.next();
                int carsID = ambulance.getID();
                if(carsID == id ){
                    area.moveTo(); "int can not be dereferenced"
                    free.setBusy(); "boolean can not be  dereferenced"
     
                }
            }
     
        }
    Last edited by starm1x; November 16th, 2020 at 09:01 AM.

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    "int can not be dereferenced" and "boolean can not be dereferenced"
    int and boolean are primitives. Primitive data types do not have fields or methods.

    What statements have those errors?

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with code tags:

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    Default Re: Set the status

    I fix it! i got the errors where i am trying to set whether is free or not free

    area.moveTo();
    free.setBusy();
    Last edited by starm1x; November 16th, 2020 at 09:02 AM.

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    Default Re: Set the status

    area.moveTo();
    free.setBusy();
    You can not call methods using primitives.
    What class is the moveTo method in? What variable refers to an instance of that class?
    The same for the setBusy method.
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    So I wrote this, and it works.

     public void setStatus(int id, int area, boolean free)
        {
            Iterator<Ambulance> ab = cars.iterator();
            while(ab.hasNext()){
                Ambulance ambulance = ab.next();
                if(ambulance.getID() == id){
                    ambulance.moveTo(area);
                    ambulance.setBusy();
                }
            }
        }

    but I have one test condition in which it does not work so how i should fix it?
     assertEquals(!oldStatus, selected.isFree());

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    test condition in which it does not work
    Please explain what "does not work" means?
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    So I have this special test condition for that "setStatus" and sometimes it works but in some condition, it does not work. And when it does not work it shows this ' assertEquals(!oldStatus, selected.isFree()); ' part of the condition does not work and I can not understand why?

      public void moveAmbulance()
        {
            // Select a random Ambulance to be moved.
            Ambulance selected = shadow.get(rand.nextInt(shadow.size()));
            int oldArea = selected.getArea();
            boolean oldStatus = selected.isFree();
            control.setStatus(selected.getID(), oldArea + 1, !oldStatus);
            assertEquals(oldArea + 1, selected.getArea());
            assertEquals(!oldStatus, selected.isFree());
        }

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    assertEquals(!oldStatus, selected.isFree());
    Why do you think those values should be equal?
    Where is the code that changes the value returned by the isFree() method?
    What does the setStatus method do?
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    I did not write this method. There is no

    --- Update ---

    I think I fix it and now it is works

      public void setStatus(int id, int area, boolean free)
        {
            Iterator<Ambulance> ab = cars.iterator();
            while(ab.hasNext()){
                Ambulance ambulance = ab.next();
                if(ambulance.getID() == id){
                    ambulance.moveTo(area);
                    ambulance.setBusy();
                }
                if(free){
                    ambulance.setFree();
                } else{
                    ambulance.setBusy();
                }
     
            }
     
        }


    --- Update ---

    I need to do this, method called getNumberOfAmbulances. This one takes a single
    integer parameter representing an area and returns the number of
    Ambulance objects in the collection that are currently in that area.
    I do not know where to start? absolutely
      /**
         * Get the number of ambulances in the given area.
         * @param area The area of the ambulances.
         * @return the number of ambulances in the given area.
         */
        public int getNumberOfAmbulances(int area)
        {
     
        }

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    Does the Ambulance object have a location field (its area)?
    Is there a list of Ambulances that can be searched to see if any are in that area?
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    Yes, there is.

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    Ok, then look at all the Ambulance objects in the list for a matching location.
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    I am trying too much and then return but I just can not it just does not work. I just can not understand it.

    public int getNumberOfAmbulances(int area)
        {
            for(Ambulance ab : cars){
                if(ab.getID() == area){
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

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    it just does not work.
    Please explain. If there are error messages, copy the full text of the error message and paste it here.
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    So I got ArraList ambulance. When the user will type area for example 1. it must return the number of the ambulances in that area.

    but i am doing something wrong. because when i am trying to return false or true it says that boolean can not be converted to int.

    because inside the loop i will need to check each Ambulance to see if it matches the area and, if it does, increment a counter.

     
      private ArrayList<Ambulance> cars;
     
        public AmbulanceControl()
        {
            cars = new ArrayList<Ambulance>();
     
        }
      public int getNumberOfAmbulances(int area)
        {
            for(Ambulance ab : cars){
                if(ab.getID() == area){
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

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     public int getNumberOfAmbulances(int area)
    If the method is supposed to count the number of Ambulances, why is it returning a boolean value like true or false?
    What is the method supposed to do? What value is it supposed to return?

    inside the loop i will need to check each Ambulance to see if it matches the area and, if it does, increment a counter.
    Where is the code for that?
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    it suppose to return the number of an ambulance in that area

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    Ok, where is the code for that?
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    it is everything what I got. The code must be in the getNumberOfAmbulance.


      private ArrayList<Ambulance> cars;
     
        public AmbulanceControl()
        {
            cars = new ArrayList<Ambulance>();
     
        }
     
      public void addAmbulance(Ambulance ambulance)
        {
            cars.add(ambulance);
        }
     
      public int getNumberOfAmbulances()
        {
            return cars.size();
        }
     
     public int getNumberOfAmbulances(int area)
        {
            for(Ambulance ab : cars){
                if(area == 0){
                    return ;
                }
            }
            return area;
        }

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    Your post about the method says:
    inside the loop i will need to check each Ambulance to see if it matches the area and, if it does, increment a counter.
    That sounds about right. Change the code so that it does what that comment says it should do.
    At the end of the method return the counter.
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    Default Re: Set the status

    I do not know-how. I am stuck where I should create a for each loop i just can not creat one.

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    The method has the needed for loop. Use that one.
            for(Ambulance ab : cars){
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    than i am doing this: what should i return?

     if(ab.getID() == area){
     
                }

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    what should i return?
    What is the method supposed to do? Return that.
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    so i return the area:

    if(ab.getID() == area){
                    return area;
                }

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