[k0b13r]

Hi! I need to write a program with inheritance (homework). So I start my code:

public class Employee
{
  protected String name;
  protected int sallary;

  public Employee(String name, int sallary)
  {
	 this.name = name;
	 this.sallary = sallary;
  }

  // getters and setters here
}

For now, everything's fine.
Now the subclass Boss in other file:

public class Boss extends Employee
{
// some code here
}

And I get a compilation error: "cannot find symbol - constructor Employee" ... Example in book looks identical, but I can't compile this. Ah, and I use BlueJ (required by teacher ) as IDE. Any one got idea what's wrong?

This post has been edited by k0b13r: 21 November 2008 - 05:09 AM

[mostyfriedman]

which one doesnt compile, the superclass or the subclass?

[k0b13r]

Employee (superclass) works perfect, Boss (subclass) got the error

This post has been edited by k0b13r: 21 November 2008 - 05:30 AM

[baavgai]

Your Employee class has only one constructor and it takes two parameters. In order for a child to work, that parent constructor must be called somehow, using super.

So, this will work:

public class Boss extends Employee {
	public Boss(String name, int sallary) {
		super(name, sallary);
	}
}

So will this:

	public Boss() {
		super("Bob", 1000000);
	}

If you don't want the kids to always have to call the constructor, but you don't want the parent to have a default constructor, but you can make one protected. This will work:

class Employee {
	protected String name;
	protected int sallary;

	public Employee(String name, int sallary) {
	 this.name = name;
	 this.sallary = sallary;
	}

	// so the kids can extend
	protected Employee() {} 
}

public class Boss extends Employee {
}

[k0b13r]

I see. Thanks a lot baavgai !