Passing SuperClass constructor parameters to a SubClass?

Question

Just beginning to start implementing Super and Sub classes to our projects but I'm having a bit of a problem creating the Subclass constructors to allow for different types of accounts but following the same rules as the Superclass.

Here is the constructor error I'm having.

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Answer 1

In your Account class you have specified a constructor that takes multiple arguments: firstName, lastName, accountNumber etc..

In the constructor of the subclass you have to invoke the constructor of the super class -> super()

A little example:

class Person {
    public String name;
    /*constructor*/
    public Person(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

class Student extends Person {
    public String studentNumber;
    /*constructor*/
    public Student(String name, String studentNumber) {
        /* invoke super constructor. The parameters have to match the 
         * parameters specified in the constructor of Person
         */
        super(name);
        /* Now set the properties that only belongs to Student */
        this.studentNumber = studentNumber;
    }
}