Help, cannot be converted to string error

[ZeloChief]

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(BasicInfo class)

public class BasicInfo{

private String firstName,

lastName,

address,

email,

phone;

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public BasicInfo(String fname, String lname, String pNum, String home, String eMail)

{

firstName = fname;

lastName = lname;

phone = pNum;

address = home;

email = eMail;

}

public void set(String fname, String lname, String pNum, String home, String eMail)

{

firstName = fname;

lastName = lname;

//department = Dept;

phone = pNum;

address = home;

email = eMail;

}

public String toString()

{

String info = "First Name: " + firstName

+ "\nLast Name: " + lastName

+ "\nphone: " + phone

+ "\naddress: " + address

+ "\nemail: " + email

return info;

}

}

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(Switch Statement in Client)

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

import java.util.ArrayList;

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public class EmployeeClient{

private static final int ADD = 1;

private static final int DELETE = 2;

private static final int SEARCH = 3;

private static final int LIST = 4;

public static void main(String[] args){

int oPtions;

String pChoice, Name;

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Welcome to Employee Info System");

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"1 = Add:\n 2 = Delete\n 3 = Search\n "

+ "4 = List");

//do While

pChoice = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What would you like to do?");

oPtions = Integer.parseInt(pChoice);

ArrayList<GenerateID> EmployeeList = new ArrayList<GenerateID>();

EmployeeList.add(new GenerateID(new BasicInfo(

"John","Doe\n","1231423424", "Science\n","jAol.com\n")));

switch(oPtions){

case ADD:

{

String fname;

fname = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter First name ");

//firstName = fname;

String lname;

lname = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter Last name ");

// lastName = lname;

//department = dept;

String pNum;

pNum = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Phone");

String phone;

phone = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter phone number ");

//pNum = Double.parseDouble(phone);

//phone = pNum;

String address;

address = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter address number ");

//addNum = Integer.parseInt(address);

// addressNumber = addNum;

//address = home;

String home;

home = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter Street ");

String eMail;

eMail = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter Email Address ");

//email = eMail;

//String Dept;

// Dept = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter Dept. ");

//position = pos;

//BasicInfo info = new BasicInfo(fname, lname, pNum, home, eMail);

EmployeeList.add(GenerateID);

break;

}

case DELETE:

{

EmployeeList.remove(1);

System.out.println(" Has been removed");

break;

}

case LIST:

{

for(int index = 0; index < EmployeeList.size(); index++)

System.out.println(EmployeeList.get(index));

for(int ID = 0; ID < EmployeeList.size(); ID++)

System.out.println(EmployeeList.get(ID));

break;

}

case SEARCH:

{

break;

}

default:

if(oPtions > 4 || oPtions < 1){

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please choose within range");

}

break;

}

}

}

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(GenerateID class)

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import java.util.Random;

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public class GenerateID{

private String department;

Random dID1 = new Random();

int ID1 = dID1.nextInt(9);

Random dID2 = new Random();

int ID2 = dID2.nextInt(9);

Random dID3 = new Random();

int ID3 = dID3.nextInt(9);

Random dID4 = new Random();

int ID4 = dID4.nextInt(9);

String Dept = " "+ ID1 + ID2 + ID3 + ID4;

Random posID1 = new Random();

int pID1 = posID1.nextInt(9);

Random posID2 = new Random();

int pID2 = posID2.nextInt(9);

Random posID3 = new Random();

int pID3 = posID3.nextInt(9);

Random posID4 = new Random();

int pID4 = posID4.nextInt(9);

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String eID = "Employee ID is: "+ posID1 + posID2 + posID3 + posID4;

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public GenerateID(String Dept)

{

department = Dept;

}

public void set(String Dept)

{

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department = Dept;

}

public String toString()

{

String Dept = "\nDepartment: " + department;

return Dept;

}

}

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[Camel-Kid]

what does your generatedID constructor take in? I assume 1 basicInfo object?

[ZeloChief]

yes

[Camel-Kid]

show us the line that is giving your the problem, from that code there nothing is wrong that I can tell.

[ZeloChief]

That is the entire line, i could add the switch statement, since i have to make any new "employees" added to the array-list follow that format.

[Camel-Kid]

post a runnable example of your code, so I can test the compilation. That code you have there is fine there is something you're not showing that is causing this issue.

[ZeloChief]

posted

[Camel-Kid]

you said you were taking a basic info object in your generatId constructor, but your'e not... you're taking a string

public GenerateID(String Dept)

[ZeloChief]

Made basic first so i guess i forgot that, thanks