Need help on java

From:
paul.paik@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
8 Apr 2007 23:28:14 -0700
Message-ID:
<1176100094.728032.234230@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
Other parts of the project, I've already done; however, I'm stuck on 2
parts (Making the interface and creating a Location

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    quote:

    Instructions:
    Locatable Objects

    Create a class that represents a Locatable object. Use your
imagination - it can be anything that is Locatable, which is to say it
must implement the Locatable interface. As an added requirement, your
class must also implement Comparable and provide a toString method.

    Your compareTo method should order instances of your class
according to their location.

    Show me your Locatable and Comparable class before proceeding.

    quote:

    The Locatable Interface

    Any object that "Has-A" Location should be able to report its
Location on demand, and all objects that have a Location should report
their location in the same way. We enforce this rule by introducing an
interface that specifies how an object should report its location, and
by insisting that all objects that have a Location implement this
interface. We call objects with a Location "Locatable".

    The Locatable interface specifies only one method: location. The
method returns a Location object which encapsulates the Locatable
object's current location. The interface looks like this:

    Public interface Locatable
    {
    Location location();
    }

    Code the Locatable interface and add it to your project.

PROGRAM

    quote:

    Main:

    /**
    * Write a description of class Main here.
    *
    * @author (your name)
    * @version (a version number or a date)
    */
    public class Main
    { public static void main ()
    {
    Location testing = new Location (3,6);
    Location atesting = new Location (4,7);
    System.out.println ("Rows: " + testing.row());
    System.out.println ("Columns: " + testing.col());
    System.out.println ("Index of Compare to A" +
testing.compareTo("a"));
    if (testing.equals(atesting)==true)
    {
    System.out.println ("They are equal");
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println ("They are not equal");
    }
    System.out.println (testing.toString());
    }
    }

    quote:

    public class Location implements Comparable
    {
    private int qrow;
    private int qcol;
    // constructors
    public Location(int row, int col)
    {
    qrow=row;
    qcol=col;
    }
    // accessors
    public int row()
    {
    return qrow;
    // return the row value for this Location
    }
    public int col()
    {
    return qcol;
    // return the col value for this Location
    }

    // compareTo and equals
    public int compareTo(Object other)
    {
    if (((Location)other).row()==qrow &&
((Location)other).col()==qcol)
    {
    return 0;
    }
    else
    {
    int difference;

    if (((Location)other).row()==qrow)
    {
    int diff=qcol-(((Location)other).col());
    return diff;
    }
    else
    {
    difference=qrow-(((Location)other).row());
    return difference;
    }
    }
    }
    public boolean equals(Object other)
    {
    if (qrow==((Location)other).row() &&
qcol==((Location)other).col())
    {
    return true;
    }
    else
    {
    return false;
    }
    }
    // toString method returns a String representation
    // of this Location
    public String toString()
    {
    String x = qrow + "this is the row";
    String y = qcol + "this is the col";
    return x + y;
    // String remember=qrow + " ," + qcol;
    // return remember;
    }
    }

    quote:

    /**
    * Write a description of interface Locatable here.
    *
    * @author (your name)
    * @version (a version number or a date)
    */

    public interface Locatable
    {
    Location location();
    }

    quote:

    /**
    * Write a description of class School here.
    *
    * @author (your name)
    * @version (a version number or a date)
    */
    public class School extends Location
    {
    private int qasdf;
    private int qfdsa;
    public School(int asdf, int fdsa)
    {
    qasdf=asdf;
    qfdsa=fdsa;
    }
    }

The School class has an error of a wrong constructor for location
What's the issue?

Thanks for any help

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