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Start your free trialSahil Nabizada
15,696 PointsTwo Errors after compiling, why?
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Your amazing code goes here...
System.out.println("We are making a new Pez Dispenser.");
PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
System.out.printf("The dispenser character is %s\n",
dispenser.mCharacterName);
if (dispenser.isEmpty()){
System.out.println("It is currently empty");
}
System.out.println("Loading.....");
dispenser.load();
if (!dispenser.isEmpty()){
System.out.println("It is no longer empty");
}
}
}
This is the Error i get.
Example.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
if (dispenser.isEmpty()){
^
symbol: method isEmpty()
location: variable dispenser of type PezDispenser
Example.java:17: error: cannot find symbol
if (!dispenser.isEmpty()){
^
symbol: method isEmpty()
location: variable dispenser of type PezDispenser
2 errors
public class PezDispenser{ public String mCharacterName;
public static final int MAX_PEZ = 12;
private int mPezCount;
//This is Constructer it has the same name as class
//mCharacter is member character
public PezDispenser(String characterName){
mCharacterName = characterName;
mPezCount = 0;
}
public String getCharacterName(){
return mCharacterName;
}
public boolean isEmtpy(){
return mPezCount == 0;
}
public void load(){
mPezCount = MAX_PEZ;
}
public boolean dispense(){
boolean wasDispensed = false;
if(!isEmpty()){
mPezCount--;
wasDispensed = true;
}
return wasDispensed;
}
}
2 Answers
Benjamin Gooch
20,367 PointsI'm not 100% sure because I didn't try running this, but I noticed that you are trying to reference "dispenser.mCharacterName" directly in your System.out.printf instead of calling the method used to get that variable. Intead of
System.out.printf("The dispenser character is %s\n",
dispenser.mCharacterName);
you should call the method like this:
System.out.printf("The dispenser character is %s\n",
dispenser.getCharacterName());
It's getCharacterName()'s job to return the value of mCharacterName. mCharacterName is a private variable and therefor the compiler can't read it because of it's restricted access.
That may fix the issue. Also, if that doesn't work, could you repost the code for the second file you included? It's pretty much unreadable and I had to copy and paste it into workspaces and reformat it in order to provide assistance. It just makes it easier for people if you help them out.
EDIT: I just noticed you have a typo on the word "Empty". In your declaration of isEmpty() you typed isEmtpy().
THAT should fix your problem.
Matthew Magee
8,772 PointsCould you show me what your other class looks like containing the isEmpty() method?