non static method error

[r1b]

Hi

I am getting the error " non-static method getBalance(double) can not be referenced from a static context" error when I try to
initialze a method.


The Method on ATM class that I am having an error with.

public void viewBalance() {
    int selection1;
    System.out.println("You have selected Balance.\n");
    System.out.println("\t-- Your Current Balance is:$ " + Account.getbalance());
    System.out.println("Return to main menu? \n [1] for YES \n");
    selection1 =input.nextInt();

The method on the Account class I am calling.

protected  double getbalance () {
return balance;}

Any suggestion would be great.

[Fubarable]

You're calling the getBalance method on the Account class but instead should be calling it on an Account object.

[r1b]

You're calling the getBalance method on the Account class but instead should be calling it on an Account object.

Do I create the object on the ATM class? I tried to reference an object on Account called Acc1 using Acc1.getBalance()
but got the error "cannot find the symbol variable Acc1". Can you clarify how to reference the Account object?

Thanks

[searcher]

Just declare the getBalance() method static That shud solve your problem because your trying to call the method inside another method probably witch means the method your trying to call shud be a static method if you google "java static" it wil explain more thoroughly. Hope i helped

[Fubarable]

Do I create the object on the ATM class? I tried to reference an object on Account called Acc1 using Acc1.getBalance()
but got the error "cannot find the symbol variable Acc1". Can you clarify how to reference the Account object?

I'm not sure of your actual requirements, but I assume that they sort of model reality. A real ATM would allow a user to sign in and access one of many accounts, and so I imagine that your ATM would likely hold some collection of Account objects, perhaps an array of Account or an ArrayList of them. Then perhaps your program would allow the user to select his account and the program would assign an account variable, let's call it userAccount, to the user's account and then you would call methods off of that account variable, for example userAccount.getBalance().

As always, the devil's in the details, meaning the specifics of your assignment requirements and the code that's present in the rest of your program.

[quad64bit]

If Acc1 is not in the same scope as the place where you try to use it, it will not work.

Variable Scope : Variable Scope*«*Language*«*Java Tutorial

You have to be able to 'see' the acc1 object in order to use it. If you declare it in the ATM class body, or pass it in via a method, it'll work just fine. Don't forget, you cannot call Account.getbalance() like that, because what if there were 1 million accounts? Which one would you be getting the balance from?

Therefor, you need to use an instance method, a method belonging to the particular instance of an Account object, not the Account class itself.

[Fubarable]

Just declare the getBalance() method static That shud solve your problem because your trying to call the method inside another method probably witch means the method your trying to call shud be a static method if you google "java static" it wil explain more thoroughly. Hope i helped

To r1b: I know that searcher means well, but this is just what you should not do. Please do not follow his incorrect advice. You do not want to get a balance of the Account class which is what he is suggesting. Instead you want to get a balance on an individual account.

[r1b]

Great stuff , its working.

Thanks

[searcher]

True did'nt think it through your goal is to probably have an seperate object for each acount so your getter and setter shuld in that object and call the object and then the method for that object Fubarable is right