I´m trying to change the object salaDeEspera[i] from Paciente to Enfermo as the salaDeEspera array is Pacientes type and I wanna put it inside the habitaciones array which is Enfermos type

public void atender(Pacientes[] salaDeEspera, Enfermo[] habitaciones, Enfermeros enfermero1, Doctores doctor1) {
    

    for (int i = 0; i < salaDeEspera.length; i  ) {
        enfermero1.examinar(salaDeEspera[i].getNombre());
        doctor1.atender(salaDeEspera[i].getNombre());
        if (doctor1.enfermo==true) {
            habitaciones[i]= salaDeEspera[i].getNombre();
        }

CodePudding user response：

You can either create a method that copies the data from the first type to the second... OR create another class that contains the common data of each class and have your own classes extend that class. Example:

public class people {}

and then add this to both your classes

public class Pacientes extends people {}

for your function, you can pass in the type people

public void atender(people[] salaDeEspera, people[] habitaciones, Enfermeros enfermero1, Doctores doctor1) {
...
}

!!Be aware that you'll need to actually type cast them in the function.

CodePudding user response：

You can't (literally) change the type of an object. Its fundamental type is fixed (for ever) when it is created.

You may be able to create a new Enfermo from the state of a Pacientes. But you are creating a new object, not changing the type of an existing object.

You may be able to wrap a Pacientes inside an Enfermo ... but once again you are creating a new object.

You may be able to cast a Pacientes to an Enfermo ... but only if:

• the type Pacientes is a supertype of Enfermo and the object is really a Enfermo already, or
• the type Enfermo is a supertype of Pacientes.

I don't think we can be more specific without details of what Pacientes and Enfermo are, what they mean, how they are related, and .... how you are actually using them.