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

communication Problem

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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() {
    boolean charge= false; 
    while (!isFullyCharged()){
      mBarsCount++;
      charge=true;
    }
    return mBarsCount == MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

}

3 Answers

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

You are accidentally calling the method inside the method, causing an infinite loop. You should write a new method named charge and not modify the existing isFullyCharged, but instead use it in your new method.

This does happen sometimes, it just means there was a connection problem between you and treehouse.

Copy your code, refresh the page, and paste your code back in. Hopefully this will work for you.

The communication problem is usually caused by a slow connection making the request time out. You should not see that very often.

If you are asking about the challenge, there's a post I wrote here that covers that in some detail.

Steve.