[mattlyons]

The withdraw() method in SavingsAccount is supposed to override the one in Account but it doesn't seem to. I put the two System.out.println()'s in each withdraw() method to see exactly which one was being called and it is the one in Account.

isn't if there is a method in a subclass with the exact same signature, the subclass one is suppose to be called over the super?

Account

public class Account
{
//Declaring instance variables.
	private int accountNumber;
	private String ownersName;
	private double interestRate;
	protected double balance;
	
	public Account(int aNum, String oName, double iRate, double bal)
	{
//User initializing the instance variables.
		accountNumber = aNum;
		ownersName = oName;
		interestRate = iRate;
		if(bal < 0.0)
		{
			balance = 0.0;
		}
		else
		{
			balance = bal;
		}
	}

	public void withdraw(double amt)
	{
		System.out.println("HUH?");
		if(amt > 0.0)
		{
			balance = balance - amt;
		}
		else
		{
			balance = balance;
		}
	}

SavingsAccount

public class SavingsAccount extends Account
{
//Initiazling variables.
	private int countWithdrawals;

	public SavingsAccount(int aNum, String oName, double iRate, double bal)
	{
//Declaring variables and calling superclass constructor.
		super(aNum, oName, iRate, bal);
		countWithdrawals = 0;
	}		
	
//Withdraws specified amount and penalties, if any, and increments the cout total.
	public void withdraw(int number, double amt)
	{
		countWithdrawals++;
		System.out.println("boo");
		balance = balance - amt;
		if(countWithdrawals > 3)
		{
			balance = balance - 30.0;
		}
		if(balance < 0.0)
		{
			balance = balance - 35.0;
		}
	}
	
//The addition to the super's toString() in Account.
	public String toString()
	{
		return "Savings Account\n" + super.toString() + "\nWithdrawals Made: " + countWithdrawals;
	}	
}

[TriggaMike]

In savings account the withdraw method has a different method signature. The term "overriding" a method means that you have a child class that shares the EXACT same method signature. You would need to add a method that accepts only an amount like in Account.

[pbl]

The withdraw method is your SavingAccount class has that signature
public void withdraw(int number, double amt)
your withdraw method in your Account class has that signature
public void withdraw(double amt)

they won't overload each ones they do not have the same signature (arguments parameters)

This post has been edited by pbl: 09 November 2009 - 10:28 PM

[mattlyons]

duh, knew that. didn't realize signatures were different. thanks that was the last part of my project i didn't understand. submitted it