Question

I am getting an error at public Rectangle(double width, double height){ saying that it’s an invalid method declaration, return type required. I’m not sure how to fix it. These are also my instructions for my assignment:
Write a super class encapsulating a rectangle. A rectangle has two attributes representing the width and the height of the rectangle. It has methods returning the perimeter and the area of the rectangle. This class has a subclass, encapsulating a parallelepiped, or box. A parallelepiped has a rectangle as its base, and another attribute, its length. It has two methods that calculate and return its area and volume.

`public class Rectangle1
{

private double width;
private double height;

public Rectangle1(){
}

public Rectangle(double width, double height){
this.width = width;
this.height = height;

}

public double getWidth(){
return width;
}

public void setWidth(double width) {
this.width = width;

}


public double getHeight(){
return height;

}

public void setHeight(double height){
this.height = height;

}

public double getArea(){
return width * height;
}

public double getPerimeter(){
return 2 * (width + height);

}

}



public class TestRectangle {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Rectangle1 rectangle = new Rectangle1(2,4);

System.out.println("\nA rectangle " + rectangle.toString());
System.out.println("The area is " + rectangle.getArea());
System.out.println("The perimeter is " +
rectangle.getPerimeter());
}
}`

Answer 1

Constructor name should be same as your class name. your class name is Rectangle1 thus your Constructor name should be the same as well, currently java compiler this it as an method without a return type, thus it complains.

public Rectangle(double width, double height){

should be

public Rectangle1(double width, double height){