[compilation error] debugging this error message "Object() in java.lang.Object cannot be applied to"

[Gavin]

Hi,

I have a class called Device that instantiates another class DbMoney
in this manner:

===
return new DbMoney( money, hardware.getName() );
===

1) Both are in the same package, i.e. my.IMoney & my.Device

2) When I compile them, javac complains with the error:

Object() in java.lang.Object cannot be applied to (my.IMoney,
java.lang.String)
return new DbMoney( money, hardware.getName() )
^

Q) My arguments to the DbMoney constructor match that of its declared
method parameters. So that can't be the problem. What am I doing
wrong ?

Gavin

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Hi,

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I have a class called Device that instantiates another class DbMoney
in this manner: ...
return new DbMoney( money, hardware.getName() ); ...
Object() in java.lang.Object cannot be applied to (my.IMoney,
java.lang.String)
return new DbMoney( money, hardware.getName() )
^

Q) My arguments to the DbMoney constructor match that of its declared
method parameters.

Do they? Your code snippets do not support
that, or more accurately, if we had an SSCCE*,
we could confirm that for ourselves.

..So that can't be the problem. What am I doing
wrong ?

I am not sure, but if you supply an
SSCCE of your current code, that shows
the same compilation error, I might be
able to assist further.

* For more info. on the SSCCE, see..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.html>

Andrew T.

 

[Chris Uppal]

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-- chris

 

[Chris Uppal]

Object() in java.lang.Object cannot be applied to (my.IMoney,
java.lang.String)
return new DbMoney( money, hardware.getName() )
^

Andrew's advice to reduce this to an SCCCCE is good, you should follow it.

But, just as a guess, it sounds as if my.DbMoney has no constructors -- have
you inadvertently turned your would-be constructor into a normal method by
giving it a return type ?

-- chris