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Start your free trialEphraim Smith
11,930 PointsHandling Exceptions: code matches community answers but doesn't work.
Message: "Bummer!. Make sure you print out the error message to the console using the exception's getMessage method."
I've included the getMessage method to no avail. I know it's something simple...
class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("purple");
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
try {
kart.drive(42);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println(iae.getMessage());
}
}
}
class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private int barCount;
private String color;
private int lapsDriven;
public GoKart(String color) {
this.color = color;
}
public String getColor() {
return color;
}
public void charge() {
barCount = MAX_BARS;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return barCount == 0;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged() {
return MAX_BARS == barCount;
}
public void drive() {
drive(1);
}
public void drive(int laps) {
if (laps > barCount) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enough battery");
}
lapsDriven += laps;
barCount -= laps;
}
}
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I'm of the opinion that you aren't missing anything at all. When I copy/paste your code into the challenge, it passes with flying colors! My best suggestion to you is to copy the code you've posted here, restart the challenge, paste it in and then hit check work.
Hope this helps!
Suhas Nukala
2,786 Pointssame thing happened to me. i tried restarting the challenge and it worked
Ephraim Smith
11,930 PointsEphraim Smith
11,930 PointsHey Jenn,
Your suggestion worked! Is this a known bug with this particular Objective? Kind of frustrating to spend an hour trying to fix something that's not broken... Thanks for your help!
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacherephraimsmith no, not that I'm aware of. I will say that I have seen this happen to others on different objectives throughout all topics but very sporadically. It has happened to me once or twice. I have not yet been able to identify a pattern and have been using this platform for over 2 years. My best guess would be that it has to do with some cached data somewhere, but that's just a theory. To mitigate this, I generally copy/paste my code into a text editor on my system right before I hit "Check work". It's just a security measure in case this happens. But again, it's very rare (at least in my experience).