Java - Extending Classes

Question

I have a Meeting class and I want to create a BusinessMeeting class which extends Meeting.

This is my Meeting class:

public class Meeting {

private String name;
private String location;
private int start, stop;

public Meeting(String name, String location, int start, int stop) {

    this.name = name;

    this.location = location;

    this.start = start;

    this.stop = stop;

}

This is my BusinessMeeting class:

public class BusinessMeeting extends Meeting {

    public BusinessMeeting() {

        super();

    }

}

In my BusinessMeeting class, I am getting the error:

constructor Meeting in class Meeting cannot be applied to given types; required: String,String,int,int found: no arguments

I am not really sure why I am getting that error message. Shouldn't the BusinessMeeting class inherit all of the variables from my Meeting class?

Answer 1

public class Meeting {
    public Meeting(String name, String location, int start, int stop) {

        this.name = name;

        this.location = location;

        this.start = start;

        this.stop = stop;

    }
}

Now say you want to extend your BusinessMeeting class with a businessId.

public class BusinessMeeting {
    private Integer businessId;

    public BusinessMeeting(String name, String location, int start, int stop, int business) {
        // because super calls one of the super class constructors(you can overload constructors), you need to pass the parameters required.
        super(name, location, start, stop);
        businessId = business;
    }
}