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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Constructors

Constructor declaration

On MeetObjects, I created a constructor for my GoKart, and got the error

Make sure that the constructor accepts a color

What did I do wrong? I got no compiler errors.

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

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

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Jami;

In a nutshell, you don't have a constructor in your class. In Java constructors don't have return types, even void. From a technical standpoint you have created a method called GoKart in the GoKart class, not a constructor. If you remove the return type from your code it will work just fine.

Happy coding,

Ken