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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Constructors

Brian Maimone
PLUS
Brian Maimone
Courses Plus Student 1,644 Points

Appreciate help with constructors code. Having trouble with the logic flow and have checked previous questions.

The excercise: Add a public constructor to the GoKart.java class that allows the parameter color to be passed in. In the constructor store the argument color in the private color field.

public class GoKart { private String mColor; public GoKart (String Color);{ mColor = Color;} //public Gokart gokart = new GoKart("red"); public String getColor(); { return mColor; } }

GoKart.java
public class GoKart {
  private String mColor;
  public GoKart (String Color);{
    mColor = Color;}
  //public Gokart gokart = new GoKart("red");
  public String getColor(); {
    return mColor;
  }
}

2 Answers

Vitor Freitas
Vitor Freitas
3,579 Points

Remove the semicolon after the constructor parenthesis.

public class GoKart {
  private String mColor = "red";

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}
Brian Maimone
PLUS
Brian Maimone
Courses Plus Student 1,644 Points

Thanks Vitor but I now have 2 errors: ./GoKart.java:6: error: missing method body, or declare abstract public String getColor(); { ^ ./GoKart.java:7: error: return outside method return mColor; ^

Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

make sure you remove the semi colon from both method signatures.