I need help with my getName method. The error message is invalid method declaration, return type required. And i don't know how to write a method to change the canidate's name. Thank you in advance.
/**
* Class to create a Candidate object
*
* @author la
* @version 4/21/07
*/
public class Candidate{
// Add fields
/**
* Fields
* name - Candidate's name, stored in a String
* party - Candidate's political party, stored in a char
* as 'r' for Republican, 'd' for Democrat, and 'i' for Independent
*/
// Complete the constructor.
/**
* Constructor
*
* @param anyName - caller inputs Candidate name
* @param anyParty - caller inputs Candidate's party affiliation
* stored as a char
* chars are assigned with single quotes.
*/
public Candidate(String anyName, char anyParty){
name = anyName;
party = anyParty;
}
//Complete the three methods and their comments.
/**
* Method to retrieve the Candidate's name for the caller.
*
* @return
*/
public getName()
{
return name;
}
/**
* Method to retrieve the Candidate's party for the caller.
*
* @return
*/
public char getParty()
{
return party;
}
/**
* Method to change the Candidate's party
*
* @param
*/
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
/**
* These are the fields for the Voting Machine Class.
*/
public class VotingMachine
{
private ArrayList<Candidate> candidateList;
/**
* constructor
*/
public VotingMachine()
{
candidateList = new ArrayList<>();
}
/**
* This method will store the Candidates for the Candidate List
*/
public void addNewCandidate(String name, char partySymbol)
{
Candidate candid = new Candidate(name, partySymbol);
candidateList.add(candid);
}
/**
* This method will display the entire Candidate List.
*/
public void printCandidateInfo()
{
for (int index=0; index < candidateList.size(); index++)
{
System.out.print(candidateList.get(index).getName());
System.out.println(" " + candidateList.get(index).getParty());
}
}
/**
* Method to the number of Candidates in the CandidateList Arraylist.
*/
public int getNumberofFiles()
{
return candidateList.size();
}
/**
* Method to select one candidate by first providing an index number.
*/
public void listFile(int index)
{
System.out.print(candidateList.get(index).getName());
System.out.println(" " + candidateList.get(index).getParty());
}
/**
* This method will enable a user to remove a candidate.
*/
public void removeFile(int index)
{
if(index >= 0 && index < candidateList.size()){
candidateList.remove(index);
}
}
public void printCandidateInfo()
{
for (int index=0; index < candidateList.size(); index++)
{
System.out.println(candidateList.get(index));
}
}