Im trying to a class SportsItem and then supplier as an object of that
class. The SportsItem has the below variables. I want to be able to
reduce  the stock quantity accordingly when items are sold. The sale of
1 or more items.

Also i need a method to show when stock has fallen below its reorder
quantity so it can be restocked and be incresed accordingly

here's what i have so far

public class sportsItem {

       private String  description;
       private String  price;
       private int     quantity;
       private int     quantityReorder;
       private String  supplier;
       private String  sportsitem;

       /**
        * Constructor for objects of class item
        */

       public sportsItem(String sportsItem, String description, String
price,
                       int quantity, int quantityReorder, String
supplier) {

               this.sportsitem                 = sportsItem;
               this.description                = description;
               this.price                      = price;
               this.quantity                   = quantity;
               this.quantityReorder            = quantityReorder;
               this.supplier                   = supplier;
       }

       public String getSportsItem()   {
               return this.sportsitem;
       }
       public String getDescription()  {
               return this.description;
       }
       public String getPrice()        {
               return this.price;
       }
       public int getQuantity() {
               return this.quantity;
       }
       public int getQuantityReorder() {
               return this.quantityReorder;
       }
       public String getSupplier() {
               return this.supplier;
       }

}
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public class Supplier {

        /**
        * Constructor for objects of class Supplier
        */

   private String name;
   private String phonenumber;
   private String emailaddress;
   private String sportsitem;

        /**
        * Constructor for objects of class Supplier
        */

    public Supplier (String name, String phonenumber, String
emailaddress){

        this.name                 = name;
        this.phonenumber          = phonenumber;
        this.emailaddress         = emailaddress;
        this.sportsitem           = sportsitem;

    }

     public String getname;           {
             return this.name;
    }
     public String getphonenumber;   {
            return phoneNumber;
    }
     public String getemailAddress;   {
            return emailaddress;
    }
     public int reduceQuantity()      {
            stock = Quantity - sportsItem;
    }
     public int reorderquantity()     {
            return stockquantity;
    }
     public String getquantityreorder(){
            return stockquantity() - SportsItem();     }

         public void print()
    {
        System.out.println(name + " (" + phoneNumber + ")");
        System.out.println("Suppliers name is:  " +
SportsItem.getName());
        System.out.println("Suppliers emailAddress is:  " +
SportsItem.getemailAddress());
    }
}

regards,
Iyara

"E11" wrote...

The OP is assigning the value of the argument sportsItem to the instance
variable sportsitem.

It's much of a common practice in many places to use the same names (or at
least similar) for both arguments and the variables they "represent".

Nothing strange about that.

// Bjorn A