I am trying to call an overloaded method in my client but it continues to produc
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Question
I am trying to call an overloaded method in my client but it continues to produce an error.
methods:
public boolean contains(E e) { // begin boolean contains method
Node temp = head;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (e.equals(temp.element)) {
return true;
}
temp = temp.next;
}
return false;
} // end boolean contains method
public int[] contains(E e, int[] b) { // begin boolean overloaded contains method
Node temp = head;
int count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
count = i;
if (e.equals(temp.element)) {
b[0] += count;
return b;
}
temp = temp.next;
}
b[0] += count;
return b;
} // end boolean contains method
Here is the implementation with the errors pointed out:
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] array = new int[0];
MyLinkedList[] list = new MyLinkedList[26];
for(int i = 0 ; i< list.length; i++) {
list[i] = new MyLinkedList<>();
}
int count = 0;
try {
// Open the file that is the first
// command line parameter
FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("random_dictionary.txt");
// Get the object of DataInputStream
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
String strLine;
while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
for (int i = 97; i < 123; i++) {
if (strLine.charAt(0) == i) {
list[count].add(strLine.toLowerCase());
}
count ++;
}
}
}
catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
} // end catch
try {
// Open the file that is the first
// command line parameter
FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("oliver.txt");
// Get the object of DataInputStream
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
String strLine;
while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
for (int i = 97; i < 123; i++) {
if (strLine.charAt(0) == i) {
if (list[i - 97].contains(strLine) == true) {
wordsFound ++;
compsFound += list[i - 97].contains(strLine, array); //ERROR
}
else {
wordsNotFound ++;
compsNotFound += list[i - 97].contains(strLine, array); //ERROR
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
} // end catch
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!
Explanation / Answer
The error is: return type of contains(E e, int[] b) is int[] and in the main function you are performing
compsFound += list[i - 97].contains(strLine, array); //ERROR
In java you cannot add integer arrays :(
I dont know your need, so cannot help you mare than this
If the error is still there, please let me know. Since I dont have the complete code, debugging the code and having the exacerror is not possible.
Let me know in the comment section what do you observe.