FileRead.java:79: cannot find symbol

[the_preface]

I'm writing a program that reads information from three seperate classes. Here is my code:

public class Animal
{
   protected int id;
   protected String type;
   protected double mass;
 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Sets up an animal with the specified ID number, type and weight.
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public Animal (int animalID, String animalType, double weight)
   {
      id = animalID;
      type = animalType;
      mass = weight;
   }
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns information about this animal as a string.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public String toString()
   {
      String description = "ID: " + id + "\n";
 
      description += "Type: " + type + "\n";
      description += "Weight: " + mass + "\n"; 
 
      return description;  
   }
}

public class Pet extends Animal
{
   private String title;
   private String own;
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Sets up a pet using the specified information.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public Pet (int animalID, String animalType, double weight, String name, String owner)
   {
      super (animalID, animalType, weight);
 
      title = name;
      own = owner;
   }
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns information about this pet as a string.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public String toString()
   {
      String description = super.toString();
 
      description += "Name: " + title + "\n";
      description += "Owner: " + own + "\n"; 
 
      return description;  
   }
}

public class ZooAnimal extends Animal
{
   private int cage;
   private String train;
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Sets up a zoo animal using the specified information.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public ZooAnimal (int animalID, String animalType, double weight, int cageNumber, String trainer)
   {
      super (animalID, animalType, weight);
 
      cage = cageNumber;
      train = trainer;
   }
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns information about this zoo animal as a string.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   public String toString()
   {
      String description = super.toString();
 
      description += "Cage: " + cage + "\n";
      description += "Trainer: " + train + "\n";
 
      return description;
   }
}

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.*;

public class FileRead
{
   public static void main (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
   {
      Scanner scan = new Scanner(new File("animal.txt"));
      String animalType = null, name = null, trainer = null, owner = null, input = null;
      int animalID = 0, cageNumber = 0, animalTotal = 0, petTotal = 0, zooTotal = 0;
      double weight = 0.0;
      StringTokenizer st = null;
      Animal animal = null;
      Pet pet = null;
      ZooAnimal zooAnimal = null;

      System.out.println("\nThis program lists information from a series");
      System.out.println("of animals, pets and zoo animals from a seperate");
      System.out.println("text file. It prints theID number, animal type");
      System.out.println("and weight of each, if the animal is also a pet,");
      System.out.println("in addition. If the animal is a zoo animal, then");
      System.out.println("then a name and owner a cage number and trainer");
      System.out.println("will be added.\n");

      while (scan.hasNextLine())
      {
         input = scan.nextLine();
         st = new StringTokenizer(input, ",");
         animalID = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
	 animalType = st.nextToken();
         weight = Double.parseDouble(st.nextToken());		
			
         if (animalID > 1000 && animalID < 3000)
         {
            animal = new Animal (animalID, animalType, weight);
            System.out.println(animal);
	    animalTotal++;
         }
            if (animalID > 3000 && animalID < 8000)
            {
               name = st.nextToken();
	       owner = st.nextToken();
               pet = new Pet(animalID, animalType, weight, name, owner);
               System.out.println(pet);
	       petTotal++;
            }
	       if (animalID > 8000 && animalID < 10000)
               {
                  cageNumber = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
	          trainer = st.nextToken();
                  zooAnimal = new ZooAnimal(animalID, animalType, weight, cageNumber, trainer);
                  System.out.println(zooAnimal);
	          zooTotal++;
               }
	          if (animalID > 9999 && animalID < 1000)
		  {
		     System.out.println("The ID number is invalid.");
		  }
      }

      System.out.println("\nNumber of animals total: " + animalTotal + ".");
      System.out.println("Number of pets total: " + petTotal + ".");
      System.out.println("Number of zoo animals total: " + zooTotal + ".");
		
      FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("animalout.txt");
      BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
      PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(bw);

      pw.println(animal.createOutputFile());
      pw.close();
   }
}

The following code segment is animal.txt

1200,Ape,65.2,
5000,Cow,600.8,Bessie,Stu DeFranco,
7999,Dog,13.4,Arf,George Aycoth,
8050,Giraffe,830.3,103,Samuel Trujillo,
9700,Snake,23.0,239,Monica Trevizo,

I'm trying to write the object's data type to the output file, "animalout.txt", but I keep getting an error reading:

FileRead.java:79: cannot find symbol
symbol : method createOutputFile()
location: class Animal
pw.println(animal.createOutputFile());

[moutanna]

The class Animal as posted below dies not provides any createOutputFile function.

[javaAddict]

Also what will happen if the animalID is 3000? Look at your code. Maybe you need to add some >= to one of the expressions you have in the ifs