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Java Java Objects (Retired) Harnessing the Power of Objects Incrementing

cant figure out where to put my while loop

the check work option wont give me a run down on mistakes either

GoKart.java
public class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_ENERGY_BARS = 8;
  private String mColor;
  private int mBarsCount;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
    mBarsCount = 0;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }

  public void charge() {
    mBarsCount = MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return mBarsCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return mBarsCount == MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
    while (!MAX_ENERGY_BARS) {
      mBarsCount++;
    }
  }

}

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

The challenge says "Okay, so let's use our new isFullyCharged helper method to change our implementation details of the charge method. Let's make it so it will only charge until the battery reports being fully charged."

The hint was that the changes should be to the charge method.

  public void charge() {
    // instead of simply setting to Max value
    // mBarsCount = MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
    // While the Kart is not fully charged...
    while (!isFullyCharged()) {
      // ...increment the charge
      mBarsCount++;
    }
  }

  // leaving isFullyCharged as originally provided
  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return mBarsCount == MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

thank you very much chris.. much appreciated