New to Java...naturally got problems!

[Saracen]

Hello Java Forumers...
I'm an absolute beginner at JAVA and also new to this site so hello! I've attempted to write some code to allow me to output the name of a cat ("Felix") with an accompanying message ("I'm playing!"). Inevitably with Java, I got errors and that's pasted at the bottom.

So here's the Main file:

package animals;

/**
*
* @author MAM
*/
public class Main {

private String name;

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
//public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
public String getName() {
return name;
}

public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;

}

}

And here's the Cat Java file:

package animals;

/**
*
* @author MAM
*/
public class Cat extends Main {

private static class cat {
private boolean exp;

public cat() {
}

private String name;

public static void main(String[] args) {

//public void testNewCat(){
cat cat = new cat();
cat.setName ("Felix");
System.out.println( "name" + "I'm playing!");

}

private void setName(String string) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
}
}
}

Output i get:

run:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Not yet implemented
at animals.Cat$cat.setName(Cat.java:33)
at animals.Cat$cat.main(Cat.java:26)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

any tips on using this site and of course getting the Java code to work would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

[Tolls]

It's throwing that exception because that's what the code is telling it to do when setName is called:

private void setName(String string) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
}

[Saracen]

Yes, the exception statement was inserted automatically by NetBeans because of another error I received. What do you suggest I do to fix this?

[Dark]

Fulfill the code block. Make it set the name of the cat to the string that it is passed.

[Saracen]

Dark, I'm not sure what you mean? How do I do that?

[Dark]

In your Animal class you have the setName method, in your Cat class you have the setName method. setName method in your cat class is overriding your setName method in your Animal class.

The code in your Animal class will work, the one in your Cat class will throw that exception every time. What happens when you delete that setName method in the Cat class? What happens when you change the code in the Cat class to something else?

[Norm]

set the name of the cat to the string that it is passed

Look at using an assignment statement for "setting" the value of a variable.

[Dark]

Oh hey look at that, I guess I wasn't paying very close attention to your code. Yes, Sunde is right. You do not define methods in your main class, only call them. So what is your Cat class supposed to do? Extend Animal and test itself?

[Saracen]

My god it works! (well getting there...).
I commented out the cat.setName ("Felix"); and it gave me:

nameI'm playing!

Now I just need to figure out how to put name of the cat (Felix) into the code and make it work.

[Logik22]

My god it works! (well getting there...).
I commented out the cat.setName ("Felix"); and it gave me:

nameI'm playing!

Now I just need to figure out how to put name of the cat (Felix) into the code and make it work.

System.out.println( "name" + "I'm playing!");

You have name in quotes which means it's going to print name out (literally). Since you want name to be the name of the animal you must take it out of quotes.

[Dark]

@Logik22 That is true, however he's not setting his name variable to anything. So it will just be " I'm playing!"

You need to fix your methods. Take all your method declarations out of your main method and place them as there own individual methods. Then make your setName method in your cat class actually set the name of your cat, instead of throwing an exception. Do that, and we'll see how you're doing.

[JosAH]

I don't think the OP wrote the code him/herself otherwise s/he would know that this would throw an Exception:

private void setName(String string) {
   throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
}

Browing and copy/pasting from the internet is not an intelligent thing to do ...

kind regards,

Jos

[Saracen]

Jos, none of the code you see on this post is copied from the "Internet". The code:
private void setName(String string) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");

...is what NetBeans suggested because of a previous error. If you've used NetBeans before you'd know, as the little light bulb appears in the code-line column.

Dark, I understand more about the code now than I did before,Thanks.
I'm going to make the changes and report back.

[JosAH]

Jos, none of the code you see on this post is copied from the "Internet". The code:
private void setName(String string) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");

...is what NetBeans suggested because of a previous error. If you've used NetBeans before you'd know, as the little light bulb appears in the code-line column.

Dark, I understand more about the code now than I did before,Thanks.
I'm going to make the changes and report back.

Copying anything from NetBeans is just as bad; if you don't know what NetBeans suggests, don't copy it but first think a bit.

kind regards,

ps. I use Eclipse

[Dark]

@JosAH, I think he just hit the button to add it. Obvious novice mistake, but in partial due to using too powerful of a IDE to learn on.