Re: What is wrong with my program?

On Sep 1, 7:54 pm, SamuelXiao <foolsmart2...@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to help you, but it is diificult to
do that when you post code snippets.

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When I go to compile NameComparator, for instance, I get..

C:\NameComparator.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Student
location: class NameComparator
        char[] shortName1 = ((Student) cust).getName();
                              ^
C:\NameComparator.java:6: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Student
location: class NameComparator
        char[] shortName2 = ((Student) anotherStudent).getName();
                              ^
2 errors

Please consider posting an SSCCE in future.
<http://pscode.org/sscce.html>

OTOH, perhaps this code will get you started
to a solution..

<sscce>
import java.util.Comparator;

class NameComparator implements Comparator{

  @Override
  public int compareObject(
    Object cust,
    Object anotherStudent){

    //char[] shortName1 = ((Student) cust).getName();
    //char[] shortName2 = ' ';

    String sName1 = new String("a");
    String sName2 = new String("b");

    if(!(sName1.equals(sName2))){
      return sName1.compareTo(sName2);
    }

    return 0;

  }

  @Override
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
    throw new
      UnsupportedOperationException(
        "Not supported yet.");
  }

}
</sscce>

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Andrew Thompson
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