Help with Java coding assignment "the fan class"

[sunde887]

Yes, if you know certain values will be appended to it no matter what the value of on is, you should append them prior. Whether the fan is on or off, you are still gonna be returning the color, etc. in the String returned.

[broo7198]

so to get my printouts do I just need to create another method in the Fan class and completely get rid of the FanTest.java?

[sunde887]

No, you can create the fan class objects in any other class, then simply call methods on them. Try printing the fan objects and see what happens.

[broo7198]

No, you can create the fan class objects in any other class, then simply call methods on them. Try printing the fan objects and see what happens.

I'm struggling to figure out where in the code to print the objects. Am I using the correct syntax?

System.out.println(new Fan(true, 10, "Yellow", Fan.Fast));

		System.out.println(new Fan(false,5, "Blue", Fan.SLOW));

I am putting that under the main method .. here is the entire code:

public class Fan  {
		//Variables
		private int speed;
		private boolean on;
		private double radius;
		private String color;
		// static variable speeds
		public static final int SLOW = 1;
		public static final int MEDIUM = 2;
		public static final int FAST = 3;

			// toString method
			public String toString(){



				StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

					// append constant variables
					builder.append(" Color: ");
					builder.append(color);
					builder.append(" Fan Speed: ");
					builder.append(speed);


				// determine if fan is on
				if(on){
					builder.append(" Radius: ");
					builder.append(radius);
				}
				else {
					builder.append(" The Fan is OFF!!");
					}

				return builder.toString();

			}

			//Fan object
			public Fan() {
				//initial parameters
				on = false;
				speed = SLOW;
				radius = 5;
				color = "Yellow";
			}


					// accessors and mutators
					void setspeed(int s) {
						speed = s;
					}

					void seton(boolean open) {
						on = open;
					}

					void setradius(double r) {
						radius = r;
					}

					void setcolor(String c) {
						color = c;
					}

					int getspeed() {
						return speed;
					}

					boolean ison() {
						return on;
					}

					double getradius() {
						return radius;
					}

					String getcolor() {
						return color;
				}
				public static void main(String[] aargs) {

					System.out.println(new Fan(true, 10, "Yellow", 3));

					System.out.println(new Fan(false,5, "Blue", 1));
				}
}

[sunde887]

Close, but you haven't created a three item constructor(nor should you for this assignment).

Pseud-code:

declare and initialize fan1
set to proper values
print fan 1 to string

declare and initialize fan 2
set to proper values
print fan 2 to string

[broo7198]

I get a bunch of "non-static variable cannot be referenced from a static context" , but this is where I am at now:

I'm also gettin errors with the setSpeed method and Fan.FAST/SLOW "cannot find symbol"

				public static void main(String[] aargs) {

					Fan fan1 = new Fan();
					on = true;
					fan1.setSpeed(Fan.FAST);
					radius = 10;
					color = "Yellow";

						System.out.println(fan1.toString());

					Fan fan2 = new Fan();
					on = false;
					fan2.setSpeed(Fan.SLOW);
					radius = 5;
					color = "Blue";

						System.out.println(fan2.toString());

[sunde887]

Now that we are working outside of the class you can't access the variables directly. You have to access them as part of an objet(fan1, or fan2). This is where you use the setters.

Take this as an example(it works very similarly)

Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String line = in.nextLine();

or

public class Card{
  private String suit;
  private int rank;
  public void setRank(int rank){ this.rank = rank; }
  public void setSuit(String suit){ this.suit = suit; }
  @Override public String toString(){
    return rank + " of " + suit;
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){
    Card c = new Card();
    c.setRank(10);
    c.setSuit("Jack");
    System.out.println(c.toString()); //the toString can(and should, for the most part) be omitted
    System.out.println(c);
  }
}

This snippet is a fully functional class(which you can run if you'd like), it is not a necessity that the main method be in the same class however.

Your code will do something extremely similar to Card.

[broo7198]

Victory! I finally got it to compile and output correctly. Here was the final code:

 public class Fan  {
		//Variables
		private int speed;
		private boolean on;
		private double radius;
		private String color;
		// static variable speeds
		public static final int SLOW = 1;
		public static final int MEDIUM = 2;
		public static final int FAST = 3;

			// toString method
			public String toString(){



				StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

					// append constant variables
					builder.append(" Color: ");
					builder.append(color);
					builder.append(" Fan Speed: ");
					builder.append(speed);


				// determine if fan is on
				if(on){
					builder.append(" Radius: ");
					builder.append(radius);
				}
				else {
					builder.append(" The Fan is OFF!!");
					}

				return builder.toString();

			}

			//Fan object constructor
			public Fan() {
				//initial parameters
				on = false;
				speed = SLOW;
				radius = 5;
				color = "Yellow";
			}


					// accessors and mutators
					void setspeed(int s) {
						speed = s;
					}

					void seton(boolean open) {
						on = open;
					}

					void setradius(double r) {
						radius = r;
					}

					void setcolor(String c) {
						color = c;
					}

					int getspeed() {
						return speed;
					}

					boolean ison() {
						return on;
					}

					double getradius() {
						return radius;
					}

					String getcolor() {
						return color;
				}


				// Main Method
				public static void main(String[] aargs) {
					// Create fan1 object
					Fan fan1 = new Fan();
					fan1.seton(true);
					fan1.setspeed(Fan.FAST);
					fan1.setradius(10);
					fan1.setcolor("Yellow");
						// output object
						System.out.println(fan1);
					//create fan2 object
					Fan fan2 = new Fan();
					fan2.seton(false);
					fan2.setspeed(Fan.MEDIUM);
					fan2.setradius(5);
					fan2.setcolor("Blue");
						//output object
						System.out.println(fan2);


				}
}

thanks so much for all of your help. I've really learned a lot with this assignment and your assistance. I expect you'll see me here again soon :)