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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Object Inheritance

Aaron Coursolle
Aaron Coursolle
18,014 Points
Posted by Aaron Coursolle
Aaron Coursolle
18,014 Points

Does "return" need parenthesis or not to work?

In the challenge the parenthesis are needed to pass, but the video doesn't have them and the code still works.

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

It doesn't. Here's my code and it passed:

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;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return "BlogPost: " + getTitle() + " by " + getAuthor();
    }
}