stop output from printing twice

Question

i have some code below that prints the output twice. how do i only print the bottom two lines without printing car1.print(); car2.print(); as well. i believe it has to be part of the super.print();

class Car extends Vehicle {
   public String type;
   public String model;

   public Car(int theCapacity, String theMake, String theType, String theModel) {
      super(theCapacity, theMake); 
      type = theType;
      model = theModel;

      super.print(); 
      {
         System.out.println("  type = " + theType);
         System.out.println("  Model = " + theModel);
      }
   }
}


class Task1 {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Car car1 = new Car(1200,"Holden","sedan","Barina");
      Car car2 = new Car(1500,"Mazda","sedan","323");
      car1.print();
      car2.print();
   }
}

Answer 1

You can implement the print() method in the class Car using super.print() like you implemented the constructor of Car using the constructor of the super class Vehicle.

Have a look at this basic example implementation (for which I had to guess the design of the class Vehicle):

public class Vehicle {

    protected int capacity;
    protected String make;

    public Vehicle(int capacity, String make) {
        this.capacity = capacity;
        this.make = make;
    }

    public void print() {
        System.out.println("Capacity: " + capacity);
        System.out.println("Make: " + make);
    }
}

In the class Car, just override the method print() and call super.print() at first followed by printing the members that Vehicle does not have:

public class Car extends Vehicle {

    private String type;
    private String model;

    public Car(int capacity, String make, String type, String model) {
        super(capacity, make);
        this.type = type;
        this.model = model;
    }

    @Override
    public void print() {
        super.print();
        System.out.println("Type: " + type);
        System.out.println("Model: " + model);
    }
}

You can try that in some main method in a solution class:

public class TaskSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Vehicle car = new Car(1200, "Holden", "sedan", "Barina");
        Vehicle anotherCar = new Car(1500, "Mazda", "sedan", "323");

        System.out.println("#### A car ####");
        car.print();
        System.out.println("#### Another car ####");
        anotherCar.print();
    }

}