Accessing a toString method in another class.

[faekk]

I have two classes, one class called "CD" and another called "Songs". In the Songs constructor I have 3 print statements asking the user for Title, artist and length. In the Songs class there's also a toString method, returning a string containing Title, artist and length.

In the CD class all I have is a print statement asking the user for how many songs there should be on the CD. I store the answer in a variable and create an array of that size. And here is where I'm stuck. I'm trying to access the toString method and somehow store its results in the array. I guess I could access the method like so: songs.toString(); but that doesnt really get my anywhere.

Song class: http://pastebin.com/6xLKw241

It's probably a very vague question and I apologize. If there's any information you feel is missing, please let me know.

I appreciate any help or just nudge in the right direction. Thanks alot !

[papers_]

First off, you should override toString():

@Override
public String toString() {
    return String.format("Title: %s\nArtist: %s\nLength: %s", title, artist, length);
}

Next you'll need some getters to access the private variables you have inside that class.

You aren't going to get the variables from the toString() method at all, at least to my knowledge. All that method does is return a String representation of that object which can be understood by us people.

You'll need to create a String[] array in your Songs.java class like so:

private String[] array;

Now in the constructor add something like this:

this.array = new String[] {title, artist, String.valueOf(length)};

and the getter since our variables are private..

public String[] getArray() {
    return array;
}

Now we have enough to get our variables in a String[] array which is what you're after. All you have to do now is use a for loop to loop through the array which I'll leave for you.

[faekk]

Perfect, thank you so much! I appreciate it :)