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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Type Casting

BlogPost to String

This message pops up: ./TypeCastChecker.java:18: error: cannot find symbol result = (String) BlogPost; ^ symbol: variable BlogPost location: class TypeCastChecker

It should know what BlogPost is because it was imported.

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
    private String mAuthor;
    private String mTitle;
    private String mBody;
    private String mCategory;
    private Date mCreationDate;

    public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
      mAuthor = author;
      mTitle = title;
      mBody = body;
      mCategory = category;
      mCreationDate = creationDate;
    }

    public String getAuthor() {
      return mAuthor;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
      return mTitle;
    }

    public String getBody() {
      return mBody;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
      return mCategory;
    }

    public Date getCreationDate() {
      return mCreationDate;
    }
}
TypeCastChecker.java
import com.example.BlogPost;

public class TypeCastChecker {
  /***************
  I have provided 2 hints for this challenge.
  Change `false` to `true` in one line below, then click the "Check work" button to see the hint.
  NOTE: You must set all the hints to false to complete the exercise.
  ****************/
  public static boolean HINT_1_ENABLED = false;
  public static boolean HINT_2_ENABLED = false;

  public static String getTitleFromObject(Object obj) {
    // Fix this result variable to be the correct string.
    String result;
    if (obj instanceof String) {
      result = (String) obj;
    } else if (obj instanceof BlogPost) {
      result = (String) BlogPost;
    }
    else {
     result = "";
    }
    return result;
  }
}

1 Answer

Alex Bratkovskij
Alex Bratkovskij
5,329 Points

Heya Kenneth,

You casting to string the whole class :)

else if (obj instanceof BlogPost) {
      result = (String) BlogPost; // capital BlogPost links to class not to object

for else statement what u want is to get Title from BlogPost and assign it to result.

Hope that helped, If u need full code just poke me :)

-Alex