I have a method to issue a parkingTicket in my officer class,
public ParkingTicket issueParkingTicket(ParkedCar car,ParkingMeter meter){
if(isParkingTimeExpired(car,meter) == true){
ParkingTicket ticket = new ParkingTicket(officerName,officerBadgeNumber,car.getLicensePlateNumber(),calculateFine(car,meter));
ticket.displayDetails();
return ticket;
} else
{ return null;
}
}
I was asked to modify it in a way to have it not return anything so i made it void, so I did it this way
public void issueParkingTicket(ParkedCar car,ParkingMeter meter){
if(isParkingTimeExpired(car,meter) == true){
ParkingTicket ticket = new ParkingTicket(officerName,officerBadgeNumber,car.getLicensePlateNumber(),calculateFine(car,meter));
ticketList.add(ticket);
ticket.displayDetails();
}
Now in my main driver class, I have to created an officer object but since I had to make the method void to not return anything I am getting an error saying void cannot be converted to ParkingTicket, if i take away myCar1,myMeter1 from the parentheses, I get an error telling me there's arguments required ParkedCar , ParkingMeter. How can I make it so I don't get an error and the officer object created can issue a parking ticket?
public class Driver
{
main method
public static void main(String [] args){
ParkedCar myCar1 = new ParkedCar("Fred","toyota",2013,"Z1234",25);
myCar1.displayDetails();
ParkingMeter myMeter1 = new ParkingMeter("SYDNEY",true,0.15,70);
myMeter1.displayDetails();
PoliceOfficer officer1 = new PoliceOfficer("John doe","DMX1234");
ParkingTicket ticket = officer1.issueParkingTicket(myCar1,myMeter1);
This is the source of my error ParkingTicket ticket = officer1.issueParkingTicket(myCar1,myMeter1);
You can just remove the part that says:
ParkingTicket ticket =
in your main method.
Since the ticket is created in the function there is no need to create a new ticket when you call the function.