Re: Calling a Java class to the main class for execution

From:
"Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:38:19 GMT
Message-ID:
<7ad9c22e9b1be@uwe>
Andy wrote:

Say I have 2 files -


"You have 2 files" OK.. getting back to being serious.

addition.java
negation.java


Class names in Java should be EachWordUpperCase,
so these class names should be Addition.java and
Subtraction.java rather than addition/subtraction or
addition/negation.

Now in the main class (say controlpanel.java) I want something like
this -

Print -" You want addition? Press 1"
        " You want negation? Press 2"

then it should run addition.java when the user inputs 1 or negation if
the user inputs 2


if (result==1) {
  // call main constructor
  Addition addition = new Addition();
} else {
  Subtraction subtraction = new Subtraction();
}

Basically, the user will enter information (like a=1 and b=2 for a+b)
in addition.java (or negation.java) and not controlpanel.java


In that case, there is little reason to call the main methods
of the other classes, just construct and use the methods
they have from the (single) 'main' class.

controlpanel.java is the main class to forward the user to a
particular class for operation. All these classes are under the same
Netbeans package.


So that means they are in the same Java package?
In that case, there will be no 'import's needed.

How can this be done? This is basic and I couldn't figure it out :
( Switch statements were clueless about running classes from a main
class.


Huhh? What does that mean?
Are you referring to using a switch to select the
class to run? It could be done that way.

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Andrew Thompson
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