Hello I'm new to this forum :)

[crown.clown]

And I do have this question, any help would be appreciated. The problem is that I don't have an idea where I'm wrong.

public class Author { //opening statement
private String name;
private String email;
private char gender;
private char m, f;
//constructors (overloaded)
public Author(){ //1st constructor
name = "John Smith";
email = "John.smith@yahoo.com";
gender = m;
}
public Author(String n){
name = n;
email = "John.smith@yahoo.com";
gender = m;
}
public Author(String n, String e){
name = n;
email = e;
gender = m;
}
public Author(String n, String e, char g){
name = n;
email = e;
gender = g;
}
//public methods
public void setEmail(String email) {
this.email = email;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}

public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public char getGender() {
return gender;
}
public String toString() {
return name + "(" + gender + ") " + "at " + email;
}
} //closing statement


Here is the other code:

public class TestAuthor { //save as TestAuthor.java
public static void main(String[] args){

Author a1 = new Author();
System.out.println(a1.name + "("
+ a1.gender + ") " + "at " + a1.email);


} //main closing statement
} //class closing statement

The errors are:
The field foo: is not visible for my 3 private variables.
Procedures done: Already searched for the problem in google:
Supposed answers:
-It's not in the right package (I think it is)

Advice would be of great help. Thank you. :D

[Tolls]

Your fields are (quite correctly) private.
That means you cannot access them directly from outside the Author class.
However, your Author class provides methods that allow you to get at this information...those are the getters.
So use them instead of trying to access the attributes directly.

[crown.clown]

Thanks. Finally figured this out with your advice in 20 minutes. Greatly appreciated. :)

[DarrylBurke]

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