private static void newAuction() {
boolean correct = false;
String iName = "";
String iDesc = "";
while (!correct) {
try {
System.out.print("Please enter the items name > ");
iName = in.readLine();
System.out.print("Please enter a description > ");
iDesc = in.readLine();
correct = true;
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
double minBid = 0;
try {
System.out.print("Please enter a minimum bid > ");
minBid = Double.parseDouble(in.readLine());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Minimum bid has defaulted to 0.");
}
int days = 0;
int hours = 0;
int mins = 0;
boolean correct2 = false;
try {
while (!correct2 && days >= 0 && hours >= 0 && mins >= 0) {
System.out.print("Please enter the number of days that the Auction is running for > ");
days = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
System.out.print("Please enter the number of hours in that day > ");
hours = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
System.out.print("Please enter the number of minutes in that hour > ");
mins = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
correct2 = true;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
long tte = days * 86400000 + hours * 3600000 + mins * 60000;
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Date d = cal.getTime();
tte = tte + d.getTime();
Random r = new Random();
int rnum = (int) tte % r.nextInt(9999);
String iRef = loggedUser.substring(loggedUser.length() / 2) + rnum;
a.addItem(new b(iRef, loggedUser, iName, iDesc, minBid, tte, 0.0, ""));
}
