I have 2 subclasses: Staff, Student
they belong to superclass Person.
Here is the code(tasks) which is given by my teacher:
public class Person
{
private String name;
private int yearOfBirth;
/**
* Create a person with given name and age.
*/
Person(String name, int yearOfBirth)
{
this.name = name;
this.yearOfBirth = yearOfBirth;
}
}
class Student extends Person
{
private String SID; // student ID number
/**
* Create a student with no parameters.
*/
Student()
{
//task.
}
}
public class Staff extends Person
{
private String roomNumber;
/**
* Construct a staff member with field values and no pamaeters.
*/
public Staff()
{
//task
}
}
I don't know what can I type in order to create an object without parameter.
It always appears an error like: constructor Person in class Person cannot be applied to given types; required: java.lang.String,int;
I have checked online that there are 2 ways to solve the problem:
add a default value in the superclass: Person()//without parameter.
In the subclass Student:
Student()
{
Person astudent = new Student() //I guess.
}
add a super() in the subclass:
Student()
{
super("xxx")//I guess.
}
I don't know what to do. I an a starter in learning BlueJ.
Hope anyone can help me. Thank you very much.
解决方案
Since your super class Person doesn't have a default constructor, in your sub classes (Student and Staff), you must call the super class constructor as the first statement.
You should define your sub class constructors like this:
Student() {
super("a_string_value", an_int_value);// You have to pass String and int values to super class
}
Staff() {
super("a_string_value", an_int_value); // You have to pass String and int values to super class
}