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user3211857

Reputation: 117

Cannot find method of a class?

I have this problem:

I have to create three classes, GroceryList, GroceryItemOrder, and GroceryMain, the main class. In my GroceryList class, this error pops up: cannot find symbol - method add(GroceryItemOrder). The error is at list.add(item) in the GroceryList class. What is wrong with my classes? Thanks.

This is GroceryList:

    import java.util.*;  

public class GroceryList {  
    private GroceryItemOrder[] list;  
    int num;  

    public GroceryList() {  
        list = new GroceryItemOrder[10];  
        this.num = 0;  
    }  

   public void add(GroceryItemOrder item) {  
        list.add(item);  
   }  

    public double getTotalCost() {  
        double totalcost = 0;  
        for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++){  
        totalcost += getGroceryItemOrder(getCost());  
        }        
        return totalcost;  
    }

}

And this is GroceryItemOrder:

public class GroceryItemOrder {  
private String name;  
private double pricePerUnit;  
private int quantity;  


   public GroceryItemOrder(String name, int quantity, double pricePerUnit) {  
        this.name = name;  
        this.pricePerUnit = pricePerUnit;  
        this.quantity = quantity;
    }  

    public double getCost() {  
        return (this.quantity * this.pricePerUnit);  
    }  

    public void setQuantity(int quantity) {  
        this.quantity = quantity;  
    }  

}

And this is the main class:

    public class GroceryMain {  
  public static void main(String[] args) {  
        GroceryList list = new GroceryList();  
        GroceryItemOrder chips = new GroceryItemOrder("chips", 5, 1.25);  
        list.add(chips);  
        GroceryItemOrder apples = new GroceryItemOrder("apples", 4, 0.50);  
        list.add(apples);  
        GroceryItemOrder oranges = new GroceryItemOrder("oranges", 1, 1.00);  
        list.add(oranges);  
        GroceryItemOrder blueberries = new GroceryItemOrder("blueberries", 10, .05);  
        list.add(blueberries);  
        GroceryItemOrder strawberries = new GroceryItemOrder("strawberries", 1, 4.00);  
        list.add(strawberries);  
        GroceryItemOrder cheese = new GroceryItemOrder("cheese", 1, 3.00);  
        list.add(cheese);  
        GroceryItemOrder chocolate = new GroceryItemOrder("chocolate", 1, 1.50);  
        list.add(chocolate);  
        GroceryItemOrder milk = new GroceryItemOrder("milk", 2, 3.00);  
        list.add(milk);  
        GroceryItemOrder yogurt = new GroceryItemOrder("yogurt", 3, 1.00);  
        list.add(yogurt);  
        GroceryItemOrder tacos = new GroceryItemOrder("tacos", 1, 2.50);  
        list.add(tacos);  
    }  
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 648

Answers (1)

Kakarot
Kakarot

Reputation: 4252

The method add is not available for conventional Arrays.. It is available for Arraylist.

private GroceryItemOrder[] list;  // Standard Arrays

Change it to

private ArrayList<GroceryItemOrder> list;

Now you can add using list.add(element).

Upvotes: 4

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