Constructors from extended class in Java
- by Crystal
I'm having some trouble with a hw assignment. In one assignment, we had to create a Person class. Mine was:
public class Person
{
String firstName;
String lastName;
String telephone;
String email;
public Person()
{
firstName = "";
lastName = "";
telephone = "";
email = "";
}
public Person(String firstName)
{
this.firstName = firstName;
}
public Person(String firstName, String lastName, String telephone, String email)
{
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
this.telephone = telephone;
this.email = email;
}
public String getFirstName()
{
return firstName;
}
public void setFirstName(String firstName)
{
this.firstName = firstName;
}
public String getLastName()
{
return lastName;
}
public void setLastName(String lastName)
{
this.lastName = lastName;
}
public String getTelephone()
{
return telephone;
}
public void setTelephone(String telephone)
{
this.telephone = telephone;
}
public String getEmail()
{
return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email)
{
this.email = email;
}
public boolean equals(Object otherObject)
{
// a quick test to see if the objects are identical
if (this == otherObject) {
return true;
}
// must return false if the explicit parameter is null
if (otherObject == null) {
return false;
}
if (!(otherObject instanceof Person)) {
return false;
}
Person other = (Person) otherObject;
return firstName.equals(other.firstName) && lastName.equals(other.lastName) &&
telephone.equals(other.telephone) && email.equals(other.email);
}
public int hashCode()
{
return 7 * firstName.hashCode() +
11 * lastName.hashCode() +
13 * telephone.hashCode() +
15 * email.hashCode();
}
public String toString()
{
return getClass().getName() + "[firstName = " + firstName + '\n'
+ "lastName = " + lastName + '\n'
+ "telephone = " + telephone + '\n'
+ "email = " + email + "]";
}
}
Now we have to extend that class and use that class in our constructor. The function protoype is:
public CarLoan(Person client, double vehiclePrice, double downPayment, double salesTax,
double interestRate, CAR_LOAN_TERMS length)
I'm confused on how I use the Person constructor from the superclass. I cannot necessarily do
super(client);
in my constructor which is what the book did with some primitive types in their example. Not sure what the correct thing to do is... Any thoughts? Thanks!
