relation doesnt work

I'm trying to create a relation between 2 classes: owner and pet
I need a methode in the pet class that returns the name of the owner
I have tried a million things but it just doesn't work plz help me out
warning the pet and owner both have the field name

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Originally Posted by Nigel

I'm trying to create a relation between 2 classes: owner and pet
I need a methode in the pet class that returns the name of the owner
I have tried a million things but it just doesn't work plz help me out
warning the pet and owner both have the field name

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What about this:

Code:

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public class Owner {
  private Pet pet;
  public void setPet(Pet pet) { this.pet= pet; }
  public Pet getPet() { return pet; }
}
public class Pet {
  private Owner owner;
  public void setOwner(Owner owner) { this.owner= owner; }
  pubic Owner getOwner() { return owner; }
}

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After both objects are created you have to set one as a member in the other (and vice versa).

kind regards,

Jos

thank you for your replie, I tried what you said and i didnt get any error messages but neither did I get Waht i wanted it's probably my fault so I'll give you my code it's partly dutch i'll put the translation next to it


public class Eigenaar owner
{
private String naamEig; nameOwn
private String geslacht; sex
private int leeftijd; age


and


public class Huisdier pet
{
private String naam ; name
private String soort ; breed
private int leeftijd age
private String eigenaarH; ownerP
private Eigenaar eigenaar; owner (the line you said to add)



public Eigenaar getEigenaar()
{ 3x owner
return eigenaar;
}

so when i execute this methode iwant to get the 3 fields of the owner age sex and name

i already have a setter i think its correct is works when i test is so..

just in case :

public void kenEigenaarToe(String nieuweEigenaar) =( set owner (string newOnwer))

{
eigenaarH = nieuweEigenaar;
}

I would greatly appreciate any help

In my terminology (classes) two objects can be linked together as:

Code:

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Pet fifi= new Pet( ... ); // a new Pet
Owner rambo= new Owner( ... ); // a new Owner
...

fifi.setOwner(rambo); //link the two objects
rambo.setPet(fifi);
...

fifi.getOwner(); // returns rambo
rambo.getPet(); // returns fifi

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kind regards,

Jos