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I'm getting an error on line 243 "setLeft(TreeNode) in TreeNode cannot be applied to (ExprTree)" From what I understand What is sent in the parameter for setLeft method should be of type TreeNode so am I incorrect in thinking that I can call the constructor from within the same class to create a new node of type TreeNode?
 
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Dustin Schreader wrote:I'm getting an error on line 243 "setLeft(TreeNode) in TreeNode cannot be applied to (ExprTree)" From what I understand What is sent in the parameter for setLeft method should be of type TreeNode so am I incorrect in thinking that I can call the constructor from within the same class to create a new node of type TreeNode?



Well, yes. You don't need me to tell you that an ExprTree isn't a TreeNode -- the compiler has already told you that. So yes, you're incorrect, calling the ExprTree constructor doesn't result in an object of type TreeNode. It results in an ExprTree object, of course.
 
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Hi Dustin

Its hard to know the complete logic of your program with this code, it would be better if you can post the code of setLeft(TreeNode) method
or may be an explanation of your Treenode class.

what i understand from this code is that you should pass the ROOT object that you are creating to the setLeft() method instead of Exptree object.

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Anurag Malaviya
 
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I was supposed to put a ExprTreeNode instead and now it works... It must be getting late... Thank you for the direction because it seemed to help.
 
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if ExprTreeNode extends TreeNode, then you won't get that compilation error. As ExprTreeNode IS - A TreeNode now.
 
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I suppose I'm wondering if this is really the proper way to be doing this. ExprTreeNode is the ADT and the TreeNode is my interface. We're just learning trees and interfaces, so I guess what I should say is, should I be using ExprTreeNode's constructor or is it more correct to access the constructor through the interface TreeNode somehow. This is part of a lab and the code for the interface was already given so i'm not sure if I should be modifying it at all. Here is the interface.
 
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