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Task: Each cat has a name and a mother.
Create a class that describes this situation.
Create two objects: a daughter cat and a mother.
Display them on the screen.

New task: Each cat has a name, a father, and a mother.
Edit Cat so that it reflects these relationships.
Create 6 objects: grandfather (the father's father), grandmother (the mother's mother), father, mother, son, daughter.
Display them all in the following order: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, son, daughter.

Example input:
Grandfather Tiger Grandmother Puss Father Oscar Mother Missy Son Simba Daughter Coco

Example output:
The cat's name is Grandfather Tiger, no mother, no father The cat's name is Grandmother Puss, no mother, no father The cat's name is Father Oscar, no mother, Grandfather Tiger is the father The cat's name is Mother Missy, Grandmother Puss is the mother, no father The cat's name is Son Simba, Mother Missy is the mother, Father Oscar is the father The cat's name is Daughter Coco, Mother Missy is the mother, Father Oscar is the father

Requirements:

The program should read in the names of 6 cats in the specified order.
The main method should create 6 Cat objects.
The program should display 6 lines with information about the cats.
The line about the grandfather (first line) must match the conditions.
The line about the grandmother (second line) must match the conditions.
The line about the father (third line) must match the conditions.
The line about the mother (fourth line) must match the conditions.
The line about the son (fifth line) must match the conditions.
The line about the daughter (sixth line) must match the conditions.

package com.codegym.task.task06.task0621; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; /* Cat relations */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); String GrandfatherName = reader.readLine(); Cat catGrandfather =new Cat(GrandfatherName); String GrandmotherName = reader.readLine(); Cat catGrandmother = new Cat(GrandmotherName); String fatherName = reader.readLine(); Cat catFather = new Cat(fatherName, catGrandfather,null); String motherName = reader.readLine(); Cat catMother = new Cat(motherName, catGrandmother, null); String sonName = reader.readLine(); Cat catSon = new Cat(sonName, catFather, catMother ); String daughterName = reader.readLine(); Cat catDaughter = new Cat(daughterName, catMother, catFather); System.out.println(catGrandfather); System.out.println(catGrandmother); System.out.println(catFather); System.out.println(catMother); System.out.println(catSon); System.out.println(catDaughter); } public static class Cat { private String name; // private Cat parent; private Cat father; private Cat mother; Cat(String name) { this.name = name; } Cat(String name, Cat father, Cat mother) { this.name = name; this.father = father; this.mother = mother; } @Override public String toString() { if (mother == null && father != null) return "The cat's name is " + name + ", no mother "+ this.father.name+ " is the father"; else if (father == null && mother != null) return "The cat's name is " + name + ",no father " + this.mother.name + " is the mother"; else if (father != null && mother != null) return "The cat's name is " + name + ", "+ this.father.name + " is the father"+ ","+ this.mother.name+ " is the mother"; else return "The cat's name is " + name + ","+ " no mother, no father"; } } }

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Artur

Level 22 , Moorends, United Kingdom

3 August 2020, 19:37

your Cat class is (String name, Cat father, Cat mother) and on line 25 you have used it as (name, mother, null) --> null should be second as the father is null and mother last as in the constructor same again problem on line 31 fix those two and try again