No suitable constructor found error while linking to array

Question

the code is:

Person aTrainee = new Trainee (firstName,lastName,streetAddress,postCode,phoneNumb,performanceAverage,trainingArea);

and the error says

no suitable constructor found for Trainee...ectect

Person is an array

Trainee is an item in the array (one of three, trainee, employee and management)

If I remove the items in the brackets then I do not get the error, but without it, the code does not work. I have made sure that the items in the brackets match up with the rest of the code 10+ times, I have spent over 1 hour trying to figure this out, I would love ANY advice you can give me.

edit: this is the code, there is A LOT of it so here is the important part.

else if (userChoice.equalsIgnoreCase(toTrainee))
       {

           Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
           Scanner choice = new Scanner (System.in);
           System.out.println("To select a Trainee to edit, enter a value from 0 to 3: \n");
           int selection = choice.nextInt();

               if(selection <= 8)
               {
                   System.out.println("Incorrect, please enter a valid number!");
                   sc.nextLine();
                   break;
                }

            System.out.println("Please enter a first name for the Trainee \n");
            String firstName = in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a Last name for the Trainee \n");
            String lastName = in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a Street Address for the Trainee: \n");
            String streetAddress = in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a Post code for the Trainee: \n");
            int postCode = in.nextInt();
            in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a Phone Number for the Trianee: \n");
            String phoneNumb = in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a performance average for the Trainee: \n");
            String performanceAverage = in.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Please enter a Training area for the Trainee: \n");
            String trainingArea = in.nextLine();

            Person aTrainee = new Trainee (firstName,lastName,streetAddress,postCode,phoneNumb,performanceAverage,trainingArea);
            System.out.println(aTrainee);
            myWorker.set(selection,aTrainee);

        }

Trainee constructor

public class Trainee extends Person
{
    private String performanceAverage, trainingArea;
    public Trainee()
    {
       super();
       performanceAverage = "";
       trainingArea = "";
    }
    public Trainee(String myFirstName, String myLastName, String myStreetAddress, int myPostCode, int myPhoneNumb, String myPerformanceAverage, String myTrainingArea)
    {
        super(myFirstName,myLastName,myStreetAddress,myPhoneNumb,myPostCode);
        performanceAverage = myPerformanceAverage;
        trainingArea = myTrainingArea;
    }

    public void setPerformanceAverage(String myPerformanceAverage)
    {
    this.performanceAverage = myPerformanceAverage;
    }

    public void setTrainingArea(String myTrainingArea)
    {
    this.trainingArea = myTrainingArea;
    }

     public String toString()
    {
        return super.toString() + ", Performance Average is " + performanceAverage + ", and Training Analysis is  " + trainingArea;
    }
}

This is Person which gives Trainee a few more things like Name ect.

public class Person
{ 
       private String firstName;
       private String lastName;
       private String streetAddress;
       private int postCode;
       private int phoneNumb;

       public Person()
       {
           firstName = lastName = streetAddress = "";
           postCode = phoneNumb = 0;
       }

       public Person(String myFirstName, String myLastName, String myStreetAddress, int myPostCode, int myPhoneNumb)
       {
           firstName = myFirstName;
           lastName = myLastName;
           streetAddress = myStreetAddress;
           postCode = myPostCode;
           phoneNumb = myPhoneNumb;
        }

        public void setFirstName(String myFirstName)
        {
            this.firstName = myFirstName;
        }

        public String getFirstName()
        {
            return firstName;
        }

        public void setLastName(String myLastName)
        {
            this.lastName = myLastName;
        }

        public String getLastName()
        {
            return lastName;
        }

        public void setStreetAdress(String myStreetAddress)
        {
        this.streetAddress = myStreetAddress;
        }

        public String getStreetAdress()
        {
        return streetAddress;
        }

        public void setPostCode(int myPostCode)
        {
        this.postCode = myPostCode;
        }

        public int getPostCode()
        {
        return postCode;
        }

        public void setPhoneNumb(int myPhoneNumb)
        {
        this.phoneNumb = myPhoneNumb;
        }

        public int getPhoneNumb()
        {
        return phoneNumb;
        }

        public String toString()
        {
             return "This person's information is: " + firstName + " " + lastName + ", " + " " + streetAddress + " " + postCode + ", phone number is  " + phoneNumb;
        }
}

and this is the array (note the first line is just a test so ignore the entries)

import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ShopMan
{
  public static void main()
  {
     ArrayList<Person>myWorker = new ArrayList<Person>();
     Person aShopEmployee = new ShopEmployee("Yazz","Hasan","1/43", 4215, 55271095, "Timber", 010101001, 50000);
     myWorker.add(aShopEmployee);
     aShopEmployee = new ShopEmployee("","","",00,00,"",00,00);
      myWorker.add(aShopEmployee);
     aShopEmployee = new ShopEmployee("","","",00,00,"",00,00);
      myWorker.add(aShopEmployee);
     aShopEmployee = new ShopEmployee("","","",00,00,"",00,00);

     Person aManagement = new Management("","","",00,00,"",00,00,false);
     myWorker.add(aManagement);
     aManagement = new Management("","","",00,00,"",00,00,false);
     myWorker.add(aManagement);
     aManagement = new Management("","","",00,00,"",00,00,false);
     myWorker.add(aManagement);

     Person aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);
     aTrainee = new Trainee("", "", "", 00, 00, "", "");
     myWorker.add(aTrainee);

     for (int i=0; i < myWorker.size(); i++)
     {
        System.out.println(myWorker.get(i));
     }

     while (true)
     {
         Menu.main(myWorker);
     }
  }
}

ANSWER FOUND!

String phoneNumb = in.nextLine();

needed to be

int phoneNumb = in.nextInt();
                in.nextLine();

Thank you so much to Russell Zahniser and creinig and everyone else

No one can help you unless you provide code (the constructor definition). Also, please add a language tag. — Dark Falcon
– Dark Falcon, Commented May 28, 2013 at 13:21
We need to see the definitions of Person and Trainee. Already, it looks a little odd because new Trainee would generate a trainee object, but you're assigning it to an object which represents an array of objects, at least based upon how you describe them. — lurker
– lurker, Commented May 28, 2013 at 13:27
Do you have any constructor for Trainee that takes 7 Strings? — Simon
– Simon, Commented May 28, 2013 at 13:27
There's still a bug in your Trainee constructor: super(myFirstName,myLastName,myStreetAddress,myPhoneNumb,myPostCode); You'll need to swap the last two parameters. — Timir
– Timir, Commented Apr 23, 2018 at 16:47

Russell Zahniser · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-28 13:47:02Z

2

Check the type of the phoneNumb parameter.

answered May 28, 2013 at 13:47

Russell Zahniser

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5 Comments

Yazz Over a year ago

It's int like it needs to be everywhere, cant be that.

Russell Zahniser Over a year ago

But what type is the phoneNumb variable that you are passing for that parameter?

Yazz Over a year ago

I dont get what you are asking, sorry, why do you thin its the phoneNumb anyways?

creinig Over a year ago

@Yazz: Because you define phoneNumbas String, but the Trainee constructor expects it to be an int.

Yazz Over a year ago

I think I see what you are talking about, let me try it

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