Unable to assign value to integer x

[Siva kandasamy]

Hi There,
See the code below.
Do you see any reason, why I am unable to assign value to integer x using function.
Code:
// Tom.java
class Tag {
Tag(){
System.out.println("tag");
}
Tag(int x ){
System.out.println("tag-arg");
}
int Tag(){
System.out.println("tag-func");
return (int) 100;
}
}

class Tim {
int x, y;
Tag t1 = new Tag();
Tag t2 = new Tag(10);
//x=t1.Tag();
x = Tim1();
int Tim1() {
return 101;
}

}

public class Tom {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Tom d = new Tom();
}
} ///:~
[ October 16, 2003: Message edited by: Sivanantham kandan ]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Both of these lines in the class "Tim"

 //x=t1.Tag();
  x = Tim1();

are illegal Java because they're at class scope. Assignment statements like these are only allowed inside methods or inside static or instance initialization blocks. A line like

  int x = Tim1();

is legal, though, because it's not a statement, it's a declaration with an initializer, and those are allowed.
You could move the offending lines inside the "Tim" class's constructor.

[Tom Blough]

int Tag(){
System.out.println("tag-func");
return (int) 100;
}

Also, constructors do not return values.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

...but it is allowed to have methods with the exact same name as the constructor.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

So if the original poster is still listening: this is an example of why naming conventions are a Good Thing. It's pretty much universally accepted that Java class names LookLikeThis, while method names lookLikeThis (note initial lower case letter.)
[ October 17, 2003: Message edited by: Ernest Friedman-Hill ]

[Siva kandasamy]

I am greatly thankful for all your input.
thanks
siva