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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Add a Getter

Barisan Firildak
Barisan Firildak
403 Points
Posted by Barisan Firildak
Barisan Firildak
403 Points

How can I solve this?

How can I solve this since I can't open another class and create getCharacterName

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";
  color.getCharacterName();
}

1 Answer

Mihai Craciun
Mihai Craciun
13,520 Points
Mihai Craciun
Mihai Craciun
13,520 Points

You don't need another class. You just need to add a method that returns the value of the private variable color. The method should look something like this:

  public String getColor(){
   return color; 
  }