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I am writing code for a project where users can see and rate products in a store (Like Yelp for products). I have never used a nested switch case and I keep breaking the code or it stops working all together. I was wondering if I could get some fresh eyes on it.

You will see the options when the program runs. If an object exists (I add a product first) then I choose the second option (which gives the user the option to rate the product). Inside that switch case, I want to have the user rate the product on a scale from 1-3, then add that rating into the ArrayList ratings to later calculate.

Am I doing something wrong or impossible? (New to programming, I apologize if this seems elementary)

public class TestProject 
    {

       public static void main(String[] args) 
       {
           List<Product> products = new ArrayList<Product>();
           Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
           boolean isExit = false;
           while (!isExit) {
               System.out.println("Please make your selection from the following 
               options");
               System.out.println("Press 1 : Search for a Product");
               System.out.println("Press 2 : Rate a Product");
               System.out.println("Press 3 : Compare with other products");
               System.out.println("Press 4 : Add Product");
               System.out.println("Press 5 : Exit");
               System.out.print("Please select appropriate option : ");
               int option = scan.nextInt();
               int rateOption = 0;
               ArrayList<Integer> ratings = new ArrayList<Integer>();
               
               scan.nextLine();
               switch (option) 
               {
               case 1:
                   System.out.print("Please enter Product name :");
                   String productName = scan.nextLine();
                   for (Product product : products) 
                   {
                       if (product.getName().equals(productName))
                           System.out.println(product.toString());
                   }
                   break;
               case 2:
                   System.out.print("Please enter Product name :");
                   String prodName = scan.nextLine();
                   for (Product product : products) 
                   {
                       if (product.getName().equals(prodName))
                       {
                   
                           System.out.println("How would you rate this product?);
                           System.out.println("Enter (1) if you would not recommend the 
                           product");
                           System.out.println("Enter (2) if you found the product to be 
                           satisfactory");
                           System.out.println("Enter (3) if you would recommend the 
                           product");
                       }
                       switch (rateOption)
                       {
                           case 1:
                               ratings.add(1);
                               break;
                           case 2:
                               ratings.add(2);
                               break;
                           case 3:
                               ratings.add(3);
                               break;
                               default: System.out.println("You entered an invalid 
                               option");
                               
                            
                       }
                           
                       
                   }
                   break;
               case 3:
                   System.out.println("Products printed in sorted order");
                   Collections.sort(products);
                   for (Product product : products) 
                   {
                       System.out.println(product.toString());
                   }

                   break;
               case 4:
                   System.out.print("Which product you want to add? 
                  (F)ood or (N)onFood : ");
                   String type = scan.nextLine();
                   System.out.print("Please enter product Name : ");
                   String proName = scan.nextLine();
                   System.out.print("Please enter image url : ");
                   String image = scan.nextLine();
                   Product product = null;
                   if (type.equals("F")) 
                   {
                       System.out.print("Please enter recipe file :");
                       String recipeFile = scan.nextLine();
                       product = new Food(proName, image);

                       try 
                       {
                           ((Food) product).setRecipeFile(recipeFile);
                       } 
                       catch (FileNotFoundException e) 
                       {
                           System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                       }
                   } 
                   else 
                   {
                       product = new NonFood(proName, image);
                   }
                   products.add(product);
                   break;
               case 5:
                   isExit = true;
                   break;
               default:
                   isExit = true;
                   break;

               }
               System.out.println();

           }
           scan.close();
       }


What I have tried:

I have a scanner for the first switch cases. I have tried the nested switch with AND without it's own scanner, in which neither works.

for instance:
Scanner rateScan = new Scanner(System.in)
     rateOption = rateScan.nextInt();
Posted
Updated 5-May-21 8:15am

Try to replace
Java
System.out.println("How would you rate this product?);

with
Java
System.out.println("How would you rate this product?");

it may help.
 
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Missing the "break" after default: in your nested switch,

default: System.out.println("You entered an invalid
                              option");


(The extra indent threw you off).
 
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