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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Method Overloading

John Anselmo
PLUS
John Anselmo
Courses Plus Student 2,281 Points

error: class, interface, or enum expected

PezDispenser.java code:

public class PezDispenser {
  private final String characterName;
  public static final int MAX_PEZ = 12;
  private int pezCount;

  public PezDispenser(String characterName) {
    this.characterName = characterName;
    pezCount = 0;
  }

  public boolean isEmpty() {
    return pezCount == 0;
  }

  public void fill() {
    fill(MAX_PEZ);
  }

  public void fill(int pezAmount) {
      pezCount += pezAmount;
      }
  }

  public String getCharacterName() {
    return characterName; 
  }

  public boolean dispense() {
    boolean wasDispensed = false;
    if(!isEmpty()){
      pezCount--;
      wasDispensed = true;
    }
    else {
      System.out.println("You're out of PEZ!");
      System.out.println("Filling PEZ dispenser...");
      fill();
      wasDispensed = false;
    }
    return wasDispensed;
  }
}

Example.java code:

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("\n\nWe are making a new PEZ Dispenser");
    System.out.printf("There are only %d PEZ allowed in every dispenseer.%n",                                            PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ);
    PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
    //dispenser.characterName = "Darth Vader";
    System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n",                                                 dispenser.getCharacterName());

    if(dispenser.isEmpty()) {
      System.out.println("Dispenser is empty"); 
    }

    System.out.println("Filling the dispenser with PEZ...");
    dispenser.fill();

    if(!dispenser.isEmpty()) {
      System.out.println("Dispenser is full");  
    }

    while(dispenser.dispense()) {
      System.out.println("Chomp!");
    }
    if(dispenser.isEmpty()) {
      System.out.println("Ate all PEZ!");  
    }

    dispenser.fill(4);
    dispenser.fill(2);

    while(dispenser.dispense()) {
      System.out.println("Chomp!!"); 
    }
  }
}

Error code:

./PezDispenser.java:24: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
  public String getCharacterName() {                                                                                            
         ^                                                                                                                      
./PezDispenser.java:26: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
  }                                                                                                                             
  ^                                                                                                                             
./PezDispenser.java:28: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
  public boolean dispense() {                                                                                                   
         ^                                                                                                                      
./PezDispenser.java:30: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
    if(!isEmpty()){                                                                                                             
    ^                                                                                                                           
./PezDispenser.java:32: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
      wasDispensed = true;                                                                                                      
      ^                                                                                                                         
./PezDispenser.java:33: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
    }                                                                                                                           
    ^                                                                                                                           
./PezDispenser.java:36: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
      System.out.println("Filling PEZ dispenser...");                                                                           
      ^                                                                                                                         
./PezDispenser.java:37: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
      fill();                                                                                                                   
      ^                                                                                                                         
./PezDispenser.java:38: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
      wasDispensed = false;                                                                                                     
      ^                                                                                                                         
./PezDispenser.java:39: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
    }                                                                                                                           
    ^                                                                                                                           
./PezDispenser.java:41: error: class, interface, or enum expected                                                               
  }                                                                                                                             
  ^                                                                                                                             
Example.java:8: error: cannot find symbol                                                                                       
    System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n",                                                 dispenser.getCharacterName());  
                                                                                                         ^                      
  symbol:   method getCharacterName()                                                                                           
  location: variable dispenser of type PezDispenser                                                                             
Example.java:21: error: cannot find symbol                                                                                      
    while(dispenser.dispense()) {                                                                                               
                   ^                                                                                                            
  symbol:   method dispense()                                                                                                   
  location: variable dispenser of type PezDispenser                                                                             
Example.java:31: error: cannot find symbol                                                                                      
    while(dispenser.dispense()) {                                                                                               
                   ^                                                                                                            
  symbol:   method dispense()                                                                                                   
  location: variable dispenser of type PezDispenser                                                                             
14 errors                                

I've scanned everything for typos, forgotten semicolons etc. Maybe I'm just blind? I'm not sure what's wrong.

2 Answers

John Anselmo
PLUS
John Anselmo
Courses Plus Student 2,281 Points

Now I'm not completely sure what was wrong... but I removed both fill methods and then restarted the video and followed along again and now it's perfectly fine...

Sho Desh
Sho Desh
948 Points

you must have added some extra curly braces at the end of the code. Go up to the end of the code and see if there are any xtra braces. hope it works.