Easy One: Constructor of Child Classes

Question

Hello. I am new to the java language and i have a question.
I want to make a Class Vehicle which should have the following variables
static int id;
static long color;
static String brand;
static Boolean rented;
static String location;
Now i want to make a Child class called 'Car' which should have the .location set to "land" by default.
I want to also make a Child class of 'Car' called 'Bus' .
Now the problem is with the constructors. I want that when i create a class Bus that the .location is set to "land" automatically and not with user input. This means it will call the constructor of 'Car' and not 'Vehicle' which sets .location to "land"
I tried to do so but it tells me 'Constructor Car() was not found' .
I want the constructor of Car define the .location="land" but the constructor of Bus will not have the .location argument because
it is set to "land" by default?
Please help !
thanks
code follows:
package map_exercise;
* Title:
* Description:
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003
* Company:
* @author
* @version 1.0
public class Vehicle {
static int id;
static long color;
static String brand;
static Boolean rented;
static String location;
public Vehicle(int myid,long mycolor,String mybrand,Boolean isrented,String mylocation) {
this.id=myid;
this.color=mycolor;
this.brand=mybrand;
this.rented=isrented;
this.location=mylocation;
package map_exercise;
* Title:
* Description:
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003
* Company:
* @author
* @version 1.0
public class Car extends Vehicle {
public Car(int myid,long mycolor,String mybrand,Boolean isrented) {
super(myid,mycolor,mybrand,isrented,"land");
package map_exercise;
* Title:
* Description:
* Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003
* Company:
* @author
* @version 1.0
public class Bus extends Car {
public Bus(int myid,long mycolor,String mybrand,Boolean isrented) {
}

Answer 1

I agree with NadjaS about the general remarks on the use of static vs. instance variables.
Anyway, if you really need to keep the variables at the class definition level, you can initialize them through the static initializer constructor within the "Car" class itself, i.e. something like this:
public class Car extends Vehicle {
    static {
        location = "land";
}without necessarily calling the super constructor.
The message "Constructor Car() was not found" is due to the fact the the only Car class constructor has four parameters - hence a completely different signature - and there is no constructor without parameters at all.
Hope this will help.
Bye