I recently posted a question in regards to my display() method only displaying certain objects, and was able to correct that with some feedback I received earlier in regards to my toString() method. However, I had to change my idNum to an int, and now my displayMethod() won't display at all. I tried retracing my steps and am unsure what happened.
The object array that is supposed to hold an identification number, a sales amount, and the persons name. However, when I display the array, nothing is displaying. I've tried the for loop, enhanced for loop and tried just a system.out.print invoking the get() methods.
I don't know if it has something to do with my displayDatabase() method, the way I am using my Scanner variable (USER_INPUT) to set the data entered, or something to do with my constructors.
My constructor looks like this:
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public class Salesperson
{
private String salesName;
private int salesID;
private double annualSales;
public Salesperson(String salesName, int salesIDNum, double yearlySales)
{
this.salesName = salesName;
salesID = salesIDNum;
annualSales = yearlySales;
}
public String getSalesName()
{
return salesName;
}
public void setSalesName(String salesName)
{
this.salesName = salesName;
}
public double getSalesID()
{
return salesID;
}
public void setSalesID(int salesIDNum)
{
salesID = salesIDNum;
}
public double getAnnualSales()
{
return annualSales;
}
public void setAnnualSales(double yearlySales)
{
annualSales = yearlySales;
}
@Override
public String toString()
{
return String.format("%s-%-10s%-10.2f", salesName,
salesID, annualSales);
}
And my code for application looks like this:
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class CreateSalesperson
{
private static final Scanner USER_INPUT = new Scanner(System.in);
private static final int UPPER_SIZE_LIMIT = 20;
private static final int LOWER_SIZE_LIMIT = 0;
private static Salesperson[] salesStaffInDatabase = new
Salesperson[20];
private static int numOfSalesPpl = 0;
private static boolean loop = true;
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String selection;
selection = programMenu();
String response;
while(loop)
switch(selection)
{
case "A":
if(numOfSalesPpl == UPPER_SIZE_LIMIT)
{
System.out.print("Database has reached capacity.");
System.out.print(" Please delete a record before ");
System.out.println("adding to the database.");
}
else
{
addRecord();
}
break;
case "a":
if(numOfSalesPpl == UPPER_SIZE_LIMIT)
{
System.out.print("Database has reached capacity.");
System.out.print(" Please delete a record before ");
System.out.println("adding to the database.");
}
else
{
addRecord();
}
break;
case "C":
if(numOfSalesPpl == LOWER_SIZE_LIMIT)
{
System.out.print("Database is empty. ");
System.out.print("Please add a record.");
}
else
{
changeRecord();
}
break;
case "c":
if(numOfSalesPpl == LOWER_SIZE_LIMIT)
{
System.out.print("Database is empty. ");
System.out.print("Please add a record.");
}
else
{
changeRecord();
}
break;
case "E":
System.out.print("You Are Leaving Database");
loop = false;
break;
case "e":
System.out.print("You Are Leaving Database");
loop = false;
break;
}
}
public static void changeRecord()
{
String idNum;
String salesName;
double salesAmount;
String response;
System.out.print("Enter Sales ID: ");
idNum = USER_INPUT.nextLine();
if(isValidID(idNum))
{
int searchResult = Arrays.binarySearch(salesStaffInDatabase, idNum);
System.out.println(salesStaffInDatabase[searchResult]);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Invalid Sales ID");
}
}
public static boolean isValidID(String idNum)
{
boolean isValid= false;
for(int val = 0;val < numOfSalesPpl && !isValid; ++val)
{
if(salesStaffInDatabase[val].equals(idNum))
{
isValid = true;
}
}
return isValid;
}
public static void addRecord()
{
int idNum;
String salesName;
double salesAmount;
String idNo;
String response;
do
{
System.out.print("Please enter sales ID: ");
idNum = USER_INPUT.nextInt();
idNo = Integer.toString(idNum);
if(idNo.length() != 8)
System.out.println("Sales ID must be 8 digits long: ");
}
while(idNo.length() < 8 || idNo.length() > 8);
System.out.print("Name: ");
salesName = USER_INPUT.nextLine();
USER_INPUT.nextLine();
System.out.print("Sales Amount: ");
salesAmount = Double.parseDouble(USER_INPUT.nextLine());
salesStaffInDatabase[numOfSalesPpl] = new
Salesperson(salesName,idNum,salesAmount);
salesStaffInDatabase[numOfSalesPpl].setSalesName(salesName);
salesStaffInDatabase[numOfSalesPpl].setSalesID(idNum);
salesStaffInDatabase[numOfSalesPpl].setAnnualSales(salesAmount);
System.out.print("Do you want to display database Y/N?: ");
response = USER_INPUT.nextLine();
while(response.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")||response.equalsIgnoreCase("yes"))
{
displayDatabase();
}
}
public static void displayDatabase()
{
for(int val=0;val < numOfSalesPpl; val++)
{
System.out.println(salesStaffInDatabase[val]);
}
}
public static String programMenu()
{
String selection;
do
{
System.out.println("(A)dd a Record");
System.out.println("(C)hange a Record");
System.out.println("(E)xit Database");
System.out.print("Enter selection: ");
selection = USER_INPUT.nextLine();
}
while(!selection.equalsIgnoreCase("a") &&
!selection.equalsIgnoreCase("c")
&& !selection.equalsIgnoreCase("e"));
return selection;
}
}
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In Java, whenever you want to display an object as string, you must override the toString() method.
The code that you posted, the Salesperson's toString() method returns only the salesID and anualSales. If you want to display another attribute, you must place it in the toString() method.
If you want to display the first name on the beginning of the output, you can do:
@Override public String toString() {
return String.format("%s - %-10s%-10.2f", salesFirstName, salesID, annualSales);
}