Java code not compiling!

Code:

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/**
 * Write a description of class Order here.
 *
 * @author (your name)
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */
public class Order
{
    // instance variables - replace the example below with your own
    private String CustomersName;  //This is the customers name
    private String description;    //This is the description
    private double totalcost;          //This is the total cost
    private Time deliveredTime;    //This is the time it got delivered
    private Time callInTime;        //This is the Time it was called-in
    private int orderRef;              //This is the order reference number

    public void setOrderReference(String cn, String de, double tcost, Time dt, int or)
    {
        CustomersName = cn;
        description = de;
        totalcost = tcost;
        deliveredTime = dt;
        orderRef = or;
    }
   
        public int getOrderNo()
    {
        return orderRef;
    }
   
        public void getDescription()
    {
        return dt;
    }
   
        public Time getCallInTime()
    {
        return callInTime;
    }
   
    /**
    * An example of a method - replace this comment with your own
    *
    * @param  y  a sample parameter for a method
    * @return    the sum of x and y
    */
    public int sampleMethod(int y)
    {
        // put your code here
        return x + y;
    }
}

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But my program is not returning "dt" or "delieveredtime" to be precise Its seriously pissing me off i feel like throwing my computer out the window

this is exactly what is not allowing me to compile

public void getDescription()
{
return dt;
}

what on earth is going wrong?!!!

What is that method declared to return?
For instance this method is declared to return an int:

Code:

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public int foo() { // this line shows the method is declaring that it will return an int
    return 3;
}

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What is it in fact trying to return?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Fubarable

What is that method declared to return?
For instance this method is declared to return an int:

Code:

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public int foo() { // this line shows the method is declaring that it will return an int
    return 3;
}

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What is it in fact trying to return?

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ok I see, the problem was

Quote:

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public Time getDescription()
{
return deliveredTime;
}

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its meant to be "Time" lol

You fixed two things:

1) the return type of the method and
2) what it returns.

The method couldn't return 'dt' because it only existed in another method; 'deliverTime' can be returned because:

1) it exists (it's an object member variable) and
2) it has the right type.

kind regards,

Jos