Method call

I know this is a very simple question about method call.
I have a method that should count elements of the same item in an arraylist.
This method below work, it count all items with the same id, but this is not the correct way to do it after the requierments, see below.

"numberInStock can call the
findProduct method to do the searching, and then call the
getQuantity method on the result."

Yes, I know this is basic

Code:

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  public int numberInStock(int id)
    {
        if(id < 0)
        {
            System.out.println("This is not a valid id " + id);
        }
        else{         
            int count = 0;
            Iterator it = stock.iterator();
            while(it.hasNext())
              {                       
              Product product = (Product) it.next();
              if(product.getID() == id)
              {
                  count++;
              }
          }
        return count;
    }
return 0;

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What are the definitions for the findProduct() and the getQuantity() methods?
How are they called and what do they return?

Code:

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  /**
    * Try to find a product in the stock with the given id.
    * @return The identified product, or null if there is none
    *        with a matching ID.
    */
  public Product findProduct(int id) //This method is in the same class as the numberInStock method and the getQuantity() is in another class named product
  {
      if(id < 1)
      {
          System.out.println("Not a valid id number: " + id);
        }
        else{
        Iterator it = stock.iterator();
        while(it.hasNext())
        {
            Product product = (Product) it.next();
            if(product.getID() == id)
            {
                return product;
            }
          }
        }
return null;
    }
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
  /**
    * @return The quantity in stock.
    */
    public int getQuantity()
    {
        return quantity;
    }

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Quote:

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"numberInStock can call thefindProduct method to do the searching, and then call the getQuantity method on the result."

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Are those two methods useful for your numberInStock() method?
Can you call one and then the other to get the value you need?

Yes, they should be useful since the numberInStock should use findproduct to do the searching and then call the getQuantity.
No, I can't call any of them to find the value I need to find. I am unsure how to make the call to find the value in the numberInStock

Quote:

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I can't call any of them to find the value I need to find

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Quote:

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"numberInStock can call thefindProduct method to do the searching, and then call the getQuantity method on the result."

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Please explain why you can't call those methods?

That is the problem I have now, How I can call from method numberInStock to findProduct method and then get the result from getQuantity?

Code:

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public int numberInstock(int id)
{
  //do a call to findproduct  //I am not shore how I should write this code

//return getQuantity;

}

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Can you show examples of when you have called any method that takes an argument? Any method for any class.
Post some examples here.

What is different about calling the findProduct() method?

In this method I have called to the method getMonth() in class membership.

Code:

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public int joinedInMonth(int month)
    {
        int count = 0;
        if(month < 1 || month > 12)
        {
            System.out.println("Not a valid month");
            {
          return 0;
                }
    }else{ 
   
        Iterator it = club.iterator();
        while(it.hasNext())
        {
          Membership membership = (Membership) it.next();
          if(month == membership.getMonth())
          {
                count++;
                // System.out.println("count 3 =" + count);               
            }
        }
        return count;
      }
   
    }

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Write a call to the findProduct() method
After it write a call to the getQuantity() method.

Do I need to use casting?

I have tryed this: Product product = (Product) product.findProduct(); // something like this?

Quote:

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product.findProduct();

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What class is findProduct() a member of? What class is product?

Quote:

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Do I need to use casting?

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What is the data type/class of the value returned by findProduct()?

findProduct(); is a method in the class StockManager. I have now written: findProduct(id); I think that one can be right intsead of product.findProduct();

Class Product contain id, product name and quantity, (info about product)

The value returned by findProduct(); is return product; or return null;

Sorry, I don't see what your problem is. You know all the parts that you need to know about. Now you need to put them together. There is nothing complicated about what you are trying to do.

Hello,

Could you give me some hint? I have tryed a lot of several version, but nothing seems to be correct
Product product = Product getQuantitiy(); etc

This is very basic java syntax.
You need to go back to your textbook or tutorial and read about how to call a method and how to receive what a method returns.

I didn't know you could typecast a variable into a Class. Weird.

Could you tell me if I am a bit closer to a correct code now?

Code:

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public int numberInStock(int id)
    {
        if(id < 0)
        {
            System.out.println("Not a valid id " + id);
        }
        else{
            if(findProduct(id).getQuantity() == id)
            {
       
              //  System.out.println("4. findProduct(id).getQuantity() " + findProduct(id).getQuantity());
              return findProduct(id).getQuantity();                                  // it only return 0
            }
    return 0;
            }

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Compile it and execute it and look at the results.
If you get errors you don't understand, copy and paste them here with your questions.

Your code doesn't define what the methods you are calling return.
Does getQuantity() return an id?

Code:

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System.out.println("4. findProduct(id).getQuantity() " + findProduct(id).getQuantity());

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What did that print out when you executed the code?

Hello,

I can compile and run it, but only 0 is returned.
getQuantity(); should return an int of how many items there are in stock.
When a use a debugger I can see that when it come to getQuantity() it seems that there don't exist any value other than 0,
even it should have contained the items I have added.
The print you ask about don't print anything at all.