Question

Trying to get better at programming. Working on building a silly game to teach myself, so its like an RPG type.

Inside the main:

String selection = "Warrior";
    if(selection == "Warrior")
    {
        Warrior war = new Warrior();
        characterCreation(player, war, 75, 200, "Black", 150, 90, 25);
    }

Just to create a generic character:

private static void characterCreation(User player, Character type, int armour, int health, String colour, int height, int weight,
            int damage) {
        type.setType(type);

System.out.println("New "+ type.getType() +" Created!");

So the idea is that you can create a warrior, healer, wizard you get the idea 🙂

Character.java

    private Character type;
    public Character getType() {
        return type;
    }
    public void setType(Character type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

Then empty Warrior.java class that extends the Character class.

The output im getting when it gets printed is New com.game.config.Warrior@6471d768 Created!

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Give your classes a viable public String toString() method that makes sense — that returns a String that describes the current object and its state. That will fix your “com.game.config.Warrior@6471d768” problem since what you’re seeing is the default String returned from Object’s toString() method.