public Account consolidate(Account account1, Account account2)
{ /* Code */ }

public Account consolidate(Account account1, Account account2)
{ 
     Account accountSum;
}

public Account consolidate(Account account1, Account account2)
{
       Account accountSum;
      accountSum.balance = account1.getBalance() + account2.getBalance();
 
   //make account1 and account close()
}

//*******************************************************
// Account.java
//
// A bank account class with methods to deposit to, withdraw from,
// change the name on, and get a String representation
// of the account.
//*******************************************************
 
public class Account
{
  private double balance;
  private String name;
  private long acctNum;
  private static int numAccounts = 0;
 
  //----------------------------------------------
  //Constructor -- initializes balance, owner, and account number
  //----------------------------------------------
  public Account(double initBal, String owner, long number)
  {
    balance = initBal;
    name = owner;
    acctNum = number;
    numAccounts++;
  }
 
  //----------------------------------------------
  // Checks to see if balance is sufficient for withdrawal.
  // If so, decrements balance by amount; if not, prints message.
  //----------------------------------------------
  public void withdraw(double amount)
  {
    if (balance >= amount)
       balance -= amount;
    else
       System.out.println("Insufficient funds");
  }
 
  //----------------------------------------------
  // Adds deposit amount to balance.
  //----------------------------------------------
  public void deposit(double amount)
  {
    balance += amount;
  }
 
  //----------------------------------------------
  // Returns balance.
  //----------------------------------------------
  public double getBalance()
  {
    return balance;
  }
 
//----------------------------------------------
  // Returns account number.
  //----------------------------------------------
  public long getAcctNumber()
  {
    return acctNum;
  }
 
   //-----------------------------------------------
    //getNumAccount: return the of accounts
    //-----------------------------------------------
 
   public static int getNumAccounts()
    {
	return numAccounts;
    }
 
  //----------------------------------------------
  // Returns a string containing the name, account number, and balance.
  //----------------------------------------------
  public String toString()
  {
	return "Name: " + name +
                "\nAccount Number: " + acctNum +
                "\nBalance: " + balance;
  }
  public void close ()
  {
  name = name + "CLOSED";
  balance = 0;
  numAccounts--;
  }
 
  //Account consolidate- the sum of acct1 and acct2
  public Account consolidate(Account account1, Account account2)
  {
      Account newAccount = null;
      if((account1.name).equals(account2.name))
      {
          if(account1.acctNum!=account2.acctNum)
          {
              Account accountSum;
              accountSum.balance = account1.getBalance() + account2.getBalance();
              //Consolidate acct1 and acct2 like newAccount = (name, balance of 2 accts, acctnum(random));
		account1.close();
		account2.close();
          }}
 
 
      return newAccount;
 
  }
 
}

  Account accountSum = new Account();

//Account accountSum;
Account accountSum=new Account();