getting illegal start of expression error

Question

i\'m totally new to java. i \'m try to create my first program & i get this error.

E:\\java>javac Robot.java
Robot.java:16: error: illegal start of ex         


        

Answer 1

You didn't close your main method before you create the CreateNew() one. In fact I don't think you meant to have a main method in your Robot class, you should have only one main method for your whole program. And your CreateNew should be a constructor:

public class Robot {
        String model;
        /*int year;*/
        String status;

        public Robot () {
            this.model="Autobot"; 
            this.status="active";
        }
    }
}

and then in another class that contains your main method (or it could be in the same class too):

public class OtherClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Robot optimus = new Robot(); // here you create an instance of your robot.
    }
}

then you can have a second constructor that takes in parameter the model and status like that:

public Robot (String m, Status s) {
        this.model=m; 
        this.status=s;
}

and finally in your main:

Robot prime = new Robot("aName", "aStatus");