Re: debugging this error message "Object() in java.lang.Object cannot be applied to"

From:
"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
27 Mar 2007 22:40:13 -0700
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<1175060413.858064.277400@r56g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 28, 3:25 pm, "Gavin" <gavin.emp...@gmail.com> wrote:

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.

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