This is the 'Lead' class, when I try to call Leads.primeLead() , I get a "Non-static method cannot be referenced from a static context" error.
I do understand the error, but I do not understand why when I defined a constructor and initilized an object, I cannot apply the method primeLead() on object lead1 .
How do I solve this?
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Lead extends Main{
String nameLead;
int ageLead;
int phoneLead;
String cityLead;
String email;
String otherNotes;
int indexOfLead = 0;
int i = indexOfLead;
ArrayList<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<Integer> ages = new ArrayList<Integer>();
ArrayList<Integer> phones = new ArrayList<Integer>();
ArrayList<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> emails = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> notes = new ArrayList<String>();
Scanner leads = new Scanner(System.in);
Lead(){
i = 0;
// Need to create an ArrayList that has all the Arraylists above.
}
Lead lead1 = new Lead();
/* public mainMenuLead(){
System.out.println("Please choose one of the following options");
} */
public static void primeLead(){
i = 0;
System.out.println("============================================");
System.out.println(" Please enter by the following order : ");
System.out.println(" Name, age, phone , city, mail ");
System.out.println("============================================");
System.out.println("Please enter the name of the Lead : ");
names.add(leads.nextLine());
System.out.println("Age? : ");
ages.add(Integer.parseInt(leads.nextLine()));
System.out.println("Phone number? ");
phones.add(Integer.parseInt(leads.nextLine()));
System.out.println("Would you like to add ... ");
System.out.println("1) City? ");
System.out.println("2) Email? ");
System.out.println("3) Notes? ");
if(leads.nextLine().equals("1")){
System.out.println("Please add City: ");
cities.add(leads.nextLine());
} else if (leads.nextLine().equals("2")){
System.out.println("Please add email : ");
emails.add(leads.nextLine());
} else if(leads.nextLine().equals("3")){
System.out.println("Please add any other notes you may have: ");
notes.add(leads.nextLine());
}
}
}
public void primeLead(){
i = 0;
System.out.println("============================================");
System.out.println(" Please enter by the following order : ");
System.out.println(" Name, age, phone , city, mail ");
System.out.println("============================================");
System.out.println("Please enter the name of the Lead : ");
names.add(leads.nextLine());
System.out.println("Age? : ");
ages.add(Integer.parseInt(leads.nextLine()));
System.out.println("Phone number? ");
phones.add(Integer.parseInt(leads.nextLine()));
System.out.println("Would you like to add ... ");
System.out.println("1) City? ");
System.out.println("2) Email? ");
System.out.println("3) Notes? ");
if(leads.nextLine().equals("1")){
System.out.println("Please add City: ");
cities.add(leads.nextLine());
} else if (leads.nextLine().equals("2")){
System.out.println("Please add email : ");
emails.add(leads.nextLine());
} else if(leads.nextLine().equals("3")){
System.out.println("Please add any other notes you may have: ");
notes.add(leads.nextLine());
}
}
}
second file(Where Lead.primeLead() is called:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Main {
boolean exit = false;
public void runMenu(){
printHeader();
while(!exit){
mainMenu();
int choice = getInput();
performAction(choice);
}
}
private void performAction(int choice){
switch(choice){
case 1:
new Lead();
Lead.primeLead();
case 2:
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
exit = true;
System.out.println("Bye!");
break;
}
}
public void printHeader(){
System.out.println("===========================================");
System.out.println(" Hello user! ");
System.out.println(" Welcome to our lead ");
System.out.println(" Management tool ");
System.out.println("===========================================");
}
public void mainMenu(){
System.out.println("\nPlease select one of the following options: ");
System.out.println("1) Create a new lead");
System.out.println("2) View all the leads");
System.out.println("3) Connect ");
System.out.println("4) View statistics");
System.out.println("5) Exit ");
}
private int getInput(){ // Scanner takes input from user, returns his choice.
Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
int choice = -1;
while(choice < 0 || choice > 5){
try{
System.out.print("\nEnter your choice: ");
choice = Integer.parseInt(kb.nextLine()); // What is Integer.parseInt ? what is . next line ?
}
catch(NumberFormatException e){
System.out.println("Invalid selection, please try again.");
}
}
return choice;
}
public static void main(String[] args){
Main menu = new Main();
menu.runMenu();
}
}
