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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Adding a Custom Constructor

Posted by Luka Nixon
Luka Nixon
2,303 Points

I dont Know how to complete this constructor challenge.

The instructions read: We need some constructors. First, add a default constructor with no parameters. Inside the constructor, set mType to "SHUTTLE".

What am i doing wrong?

Spaceship.java 
public class Spaceship {
    public String mType;

    public String getType() {
      return mType;
    }
  public String type(String mType){
  mType = "SHUTTLE";
    return mType;
  }
    public void setType(String type) {
      mType = type;
    }
}

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

A constructor will always have the same name as the class and will not specify a return type (not even void). So you'll want to add your code in a definition like this:

public Spaceship() {
  mType = "SHUTTLE";
}