Boolean and Method help on Homework

[gto400no1]

Been trying to figure this out all afternoon, and need some help. In a nutshell my assignment is to write a program that defines a TV, by defining its brand, size, channel, volume, on, off, ect.

I am to use a boolean to toggle the power on and off.
I used the

{
powerOn = !powerOn;
}

then I figured it should go like this

public void power(boolean powerOn);
	{
	boolean power = powerOn;
	}

Needless to say that dont work, got this result (note: red letter indicates where jgrasp pointed an arror to point out the error.

Television.java:85: missing method body, or declare abstract
public void power(boolean powerOn);

Television.java:87: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable power
location: class Television
power = powerOn;

Next I have to create a "volume controller" that adds or reduces stated volume by one. This is what I did:

public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

error

Television.java:94: ')' expected
public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

Television.java:94: illegal start of type
public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

Television.java:94: <identifier> expected
public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

Television.java:94: ';' expected

Thank you, I know the questions are dumb but Im very new to Java.

[Fubarable]

Let's see your entire program if possible.

[gto400no1]

import java.util.Scanner;  // Needed for the Scanner class

// Create class definition Television
public class Television
{
		
	// Declare the 2 constant fields in the UML diagram
	private String MANUFACTURER;	// Television manufacturer
	private int SCREEN_SIZE;		// Screen size of television
	
	// Declare remaining fields in the UML diagram
	private boolean powerOn;		// Powers television on and off
	private int channel;				// Selects televisions channel
	private int volume;				// Increases and decreases television volume
	public int setChannel;			// Accepts channel number input
	

	/**
	* Constructor
	* Defines television, states particular model by defining
	* brand and size, also defines status of TV by declaring
	* current state of TV, off, volume of 20 and on channel 2
	*/
	public Television(String brand, int size)
	{
	MANUFACTURER = brand;
	SCREEN_SIZE = size;


	powerOn = false;
	volume = 20;
	channel = 2;
	
	}
	
	// Create a Scanner object for keyboard input.
      Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
	
	/**
	* Methods
	*/
	
	// Method will return the value stored in the volume field
	public int getVolume()
	{
		return volume;
	}
	
	// Method will return the value stored in the channel field
	public int getChannel()
	{
		return channel;
	}
	
	// Method will return the constant value stored in the MANUFACTURER field
	public String getMANUFACTURER()
	{
		return MANUFACTURER;
	}
	
	// Method  will return the constant value stored in the SCREEN_SIZE field
	public int getScreenSize()
	{
		return SCREEN_SIZE;
	}
	
	// Television controlls
	{	
	System.out.print("Input channel: ");
      setChannel = keyboard.nextInt();
		setChannel = channel;
	}
	{	
	powerOn = !powerOn;
	}
	
	// Powers on TV
	public void power(boolean powerOn);
	{
	power = powerOn;
	}

	public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

}

Thanks in advanced!

[Fubarable]

OK, everything from here on is fercockt:

 // Television controlls
 {   
 System.out.print("Input channel: ");
   setChannel = keyboard.nextInt();
     setChannel = channel;
 }
 {   
 powerOn = !powerOn;
 }
 
 // Powers on TV
 public void power(boolean powerOn);
 {
 power = powerOn;
 }

 public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

}

You have two method bodies without the head:

 {   
 System.out.print("Input channel: ");
   setChannel = keyboard.nextInt();
     setChannel = channel;
 }
 {   
 powerOn = !powerOn;
 }

here you have a method head that ends in a semicolon- a no no, and also try to set a non-existing variable "power":

 // Powers on TV
 public void power(boolean powerOn);
 {
 power = powerOn;
 }

}

And then you have a code statement that is sitting out in the middle of no-where, not in a method body or anything:

 public void increaseVolume (int volume + 1)

}

I'm guessing that part of this code was given to you, and part you've tried to create yourself.

You can't randomly type in words and hope it will magically work in programming; it just doesn't work that way. I think that you'll need to completely scrap your additions here, and then you need to re-study your notes and your text before attempting to add any more code. When you do add code, only add a small amount at a time, test the code frequently to see if it compiles, and if it doesn't fix the errors before adding any more code. If you don't do it this way, you'll end up with a rat's nest of errors like we see here.

Good luck!