Inheritance method problem

[Chasingxsuns]

Hi, I am re-making a TicTacToe board game. It inherits the first game I made. Right now I am trying to override the move() method. The new board allows players to choose what to use if they don't want to use X and/or O. The problem is that whenever I use the move method, a System.err comes up saying "ERROR: The ch variable is neither X nor O."

That is the correct message for the superclass, but my subclass is different. But even weirder is I put a System.out saying "SUPERCLASSERRORCALLED" that never prints when that error message comes up. So I'm pretty lost as to why that message is popping up. The subclass System.err will still output also if it applies. So I'll get two System.err messages sometimes.

Here is the move() method for the sub-class

    //override
    public boolean move(char ch, int row, int col) {
        boolean result = false;
        if(ch == getX() || ch == getO()) {    //check ch for X or O
            if(getLastMoved() == ch) //check if player is moving twice
                System.err.println("Sorry, you cannot move twice.");
            else {
                    if(board[row][col] != getX() && board[row][col] != getO()) {  //if the space is unoccupied
                        board[row][col] = ch;  //make the move
                        result = true;          //change result and print outcome
                        System.out.println("The move was legal.");
                        setLastMoved(ch);
                        if(checkForWin(ch)) //if the game has been won, print the winner
                          System.out.println("The game has been won by " + ch + "!");
                    }
                    else  {  //if the spot is taken, print an error message
                        System.err.println("ERROR: That spot is already taken!! Please chose again.");
                    }

                }
            }
            else  {  //if ch isn't xChar or oChar, print an error message
                System.err.println("ERROR: The ch variable is neither " + getX() + " nor " + getO() +".");
                System.out.println("SUBCLASSERROR");
            }
            return result;
        }

Here is the main I am using for test

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        BetterTTTBoard game = new BetterTTTBoard('S', 'G');
        game.move('X', 1, 1);
        game.move('G', 2, 0);
        game.move('S', 0, 0);
        System.out.println(game.toString());
    }

The output I get is --

ERROR: The ch variable is neither S nor G.
SUBCLASSERROR
The move was legal.
ERROR: The ch variable is neither X nor O.
The move was legal.
ERROR: The ch variable is neither X nor O.
S

G

This is the error message from the base class

 else  {  //if ch is illegal, print error message
            System.err.println("ERROR: The ch variable is neither X nor O.");
            System.out.println("SUPERCLASSERROR");
        }

Any help would be appreciated.

[Chasingxsuns]

Nevermind! Found the problem!

[AlbertoPL]

We are missing a lot of information here.

First of all, is the subclass called BetterTTTBoard? Or is that the name of the superclass. If its the superclass, then that is immediately the problem.

We'd also need to see what the getX and getO methods do, as well as what move looks like in the superclass. A look at your constructor for your subclass wouldn't hurt, either.

Edit: Ah you figured it out, mind explaining what you did wrong for others to learn from?

[Chasingxsuns]

Yeah well in the super checkForWin(char ch) method, I had an if statement to check if ch was X or O. So in the move(...) method of BetterTTTBoard, it was calling my checkForWin(char ch) in the super class. All I needed to do was override the checkForWin(char ch) and change the check to

 if(ch == getX() || ch == getO())