a question about inheritance

im doing on a project bout inheritance and i encounter few questions.
for example in a child class,

Code:

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private int quantity1 = super.getQuantity();

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the above code suppose to get the quantity from its parent class and storing it in quantity1 right?
or is there a better way for getting data from a parent class?
i have only been using java for couple weeks, please help n thanks!

Have you run it? It looks right to me and makes sense that it would return the quantity within the parent class. This way seems fine depending on what data your trying to get. What is quantity supposed to be?

ya i ran it. but it doesn't return any value
in the parent class,

Code:

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public int getQuantity()
{
        return quantity;
}

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the whole program have no error, thats why im wondering what is wrong with the coding.

the quantity is suppose to be the quantity enter by user.

Code:

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public void setQuantity()
{
        quantity = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please enter quantity ordered."));
}

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i have 2 display method, where display method in parent class works and child class shows 0 and null for every info

quantity needs to be set in the super class before you can access the data. Try returning a hard coded number to check if it's a problem with the method call or the variable retaining a value.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by xcallmejudasx

Try returning a hard coded number to check if it's a problem with the method call or the variable retaining a value.

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what do you mean by this? you mean replace the quantity in getQuantity function with a number?and try see if there is a problem?

do you think its better if i post my whole coding? is it alright to do that?

Yes, he means instead of "return quantity;", replace it it "return 999;"

You're free to post your code, I think people prefer posted code to none.

ok i've tried my get function in parent class, works fine.
but the child class still return nothing.
here is my code.

parent class:

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
public class Order
{
        protected String customerName;
        protected int customerNum, quantity;
        protected double unitPrice, totalPrice;

public String getCustomerName()
{
        return customerName;
}
public void setCustomerName()
{
        customerName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please enter customer name.");
}

public int getCustomerNum()
{
        return customerNum;
}
public void setCustomerNum()
{
        customerNum = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please enter customer number."));
}

public int getQuantity()
{
                return quantity;
}
public void setQuantity()
{
        quantity = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please enter quantity ordered."));
}

public double getUnitPrice()
{
        return unitPrice;
}
public void setUnitPrice()
{
        unitPrice = Double.parseDouble(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please enter unit price."));
}

public void computePrice()
{
        totalPrice = quantity * unitPrice;
}

public void displayInfo()
{
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Customer Name : " + customerName + "\nCustomer Number : " + customerNum + "\nQuantity Ordered : " + quantity + "\nUnit Price : $" + unitPrice  + "\nTotal Price : $" + totalPrice);
}
}

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child class

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
public class ShippedOrder extends Order
{
        private double extraCharge = 4;
        private double totalPrice;
       
        public void computePrice()
        {
                totalPrice = super.getQuantity() * (super.getUnitPrice() + extraCharge);
        }
       
        public void displayInfo()
        {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Customer Name : " + super.getCustomerName() + "\nCustomer Number : " + super.getCustomerNum() + "\nQuantity Ordered : " + super.getQuantity() + "\nUnit Price : $" + super.getUnitPrice() + "\nShipped Price : $" + extraCharge + "\nTotal Price : $" + totalPrice);
        }
}

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main class

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
public class UseOrder
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
       
                int answer, num, q;
                String name;
                double p;
               
                Order order1 = new Order();
                order1.setCustomerName();
                order1.setCustomerNum();
                order1.setQuantity();
                order1.setUnitPrice();
                order1.computePrice();
                order1.displayInfo();
               
                answer = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,"Do you need the shipping n handling service?");
                if(answer == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION)
                {
                        ShippedOrder order2 = new ShippedOrder();
                        order2.getCustomerName();
                        order2.getCustomerNum();
                        order2.getQuantity();
                        order2.getUnitPrice();
                        order2.computePrice();
                        order2.displayInfo();
                }
        }
}

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Just on a side note, you don't need a tester class (unless your project specifies that you do). You can put the main method from your UseOrder class into either of your classes.

Anyways, look at what you're doing here in your UseOrder class:

Code:

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                        ShippedOrder order2 = new ShippedOrder();
                        order2.getCustomerName();
                        order2.getCustomerNum();
                        order2.getQuantity();
                        order2.getUnitPrice();
                        order2.computePrice();
                        order2.displayInfo();

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You aren't using inheritance properly, as you are getting values that aren't initialized. The order1 and order2 objects are not related, other than both being instances of Orders (where order2 is a ShippedOrder). What you want to do is use the SAME object for both tasks, which uses inheritance. (However, I don't see the necessity of inheritance for this specific project)

Ah... i know wat to do now.
thanks guys for the help :)