Hi,
I have 4 classes , 1 is the base class and the other inherts from it,
it worked fine when compiling ..
I tried to make them as a package , it works fine with the superclass but it doesn't with the other classes,
It always gives me cannot find symbol error ..
Note: that all of them are on 1 directory ..
help please ..
package policies;
/**
* This the super class which all other classes inhertes from
* it's an abstract class , with an abstract method!
*/
/**
* Declaring the class
*/
public abstract class Policy
{
/**
* Declaring veriables
*/
private int pnumber;
private String name;
private String adress;
private int psdate;
private int phone;
static int lastpnumber;
/**
* Making a class to hold date variables only
* @param "d,m,y" which holds day, month and year
*/
class Cal
{
public int d, m, y;
}
/**
* Creat two instances of the class Cal
*/
Cal dbirth = new Cal();
Cal pedate = new Cal();
/**
* <p>Policy constuctor<p>
*/
public Policy (String pname, String padress, int ppsdate, int pd , int pm, int py , int pphone, int pdobd, int pdobm, int pdoby)
{
pnumber = lastpnumber;
name = pname;
adress = padress;
psdate = ppsdate;
phone = pphone;
pedate.d = pd;
pedate.m = pm;
pedate.y = py;
dbirth.d = pdobd;
dbirth.m = pdobm;
dbirth.y = pdoby;
}
/**
* The following methods are to set and get the private variables
* of the Policy class
*/
public void setPnumber(int ppnumber)
{
pnumber = ppnumber;
}
public int getPnumber()
{
return pnumber;
}
public void setName (String pname)
{
name = pname;
}
public String getName()
{
return name;
}
public void setAdress (String padress)
{
adress = padress;
}
public String getAdress()
{
return adress;
}
public void setPsdate (int ppsdate)
{
psdate = ppsdate;
}
public int getPsdate()
{
return psdate;
}
public void setPedated (int ppedated)
{
pedate.d = ppedated;
}
public void setPedatem (int ppedatem)
{
pedate.m = ppedatem;
}
public void setPedatey (int ppedatey)
{
pedate.y = ppedatey;
}
public int getPedated()
{
return pedate.d;
}
public int getPedatem()
{
return pedate.m;
}
public int getPedatey()
{
return pedate.y;
}
public void setPhone (int pphone)
{
phone = pphone;
}
public int getPhone()
{
return phone;
}
public void setDobd (int pdobd)
{
dbirth.d = pdobd;
}
public int getDob ()
{
return dbirth.d;
}
public void setDobm (int pdobm)
{
dbirth.m = pdobm;
}
public int getDobm ()
{
return dbirth.m;
}
public void setDoby (int pdoby)
{
dbirth.y = pdoby;
}
public int getDoby ()
{
return dbirth.y;
}
/**
* The toString() method to return the values of the variables on the class
* @return variables values in a println format
*/
public String toString()
{
return ("Name: " + getName() + "\nPolicy number: " + "\nAdress: " + getAdress() + "\nStart Date: " + getPsdate() + "\nEnd Date: " + getPedated() + getPedatem() + getPedatey() + "\nPhone Number: " + getPhone() + "\nDate of Birth: " + getDob() + "-" + getDobm() + "-" + getDoby());
}
/**
* Declare an abstract class CalculatePremium
*/
public abstract int CalculatePremium();
}The inheritance class
package policies;
/**
* This class is an extended class of the Policy class
* The Car class introduce new values that should be held
* regarding cars policy
*/
/**
* Import the Calender package
*/
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Car extends Policy
{
private int cregnumber;
private int year;
private int CC;
private int premium;
/**
* Creating an instance of the Calender class
* @param "Cyear" an instance of Calender
* "y" an integer that will hold the current year value
*/
Calendar cYear = Calendar.getInstance();
int y = cYear.get(Calendar.YEAR);
/**
* A constrector that initilaize the Car variables and the superclass "Policy" variables
*/
public Car (int ccregnumbe, int cyear, int cCC, int ppremium, String pname, String padress, int ppsdate, int pd , int pm, int py , int pphone, int pdobd, int pdobm, int pdoby)
{
super (pname, padress, ppsdate, pd , pm, py , pphone, pdobd, pdobm, pdoby);
cregnumber = ccregnumbe;
year = cyear;
CC = cCC;
premium = ppremium;
}
/**
* Set and get methods that will set and return variabls used in the class
*/
public void setCregnumber (int ccregnumber)
{
cregnumber = ccregnumber;
}
public int getCregnumber()
{
return cregnumber;
}
public void setYear (int cyear)
{
year = cyear;
}
public int getYear ()
{
return year;
}
public void setCC (int cCC)
{
CC = cCC;
}
public int getCC ()
{
return CC;
}
/**
* This the abstract method on the Policy class
* it calculate the premium of a car
* @returns premium
*/
public int CalculatePremium()
{
int age;
age = y - getDoby();
if (CC <= 1000 && age <= 21)
{
premium = 600;
}
else if (CC <= 1000 && age > 21)
{
premium = 300;
}
else if (CC > 1000 && age <= 21)
{
premium = 1000;
}
else
{
premium = 700;
}
return premium;
}
/**
* returns the policy values
*/
public String toString()
{
return (super.toString() + "\nCar regestration number: " + cregnumber + "\nYear: " + year + "\nCar CC: " + CC);
}
}Sorry for my english ..
Thanx in advance
