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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

Andrea Kim
Andrea Kim
653 Points

I just cannot get this to work. Help?! .."Java job, you've written a brand new Shopping Cart system..."

So at your new Java job, you've written a brand new Shopping Cart system for the website. After some developers have used the objects you created for a while, they ask you to make it easier to add things to the cart.

Check out more instructions in Example.java. Once you implement their request, check your work, and you will pass the challenge.

There is something wrong. Even the text colors are not right.

Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart();
    Product pez = new Product("Cherry PEZ refill (12 pieces)");
    cart.addItem(pez, 5);
    /* Since a quantity of 1 is such a common argument when adding a product to the cart,
     * your fellow developers have asked you to make the following code work, as well as keeping
     * the ability to add a product and a quantity.
     */
    Product dispenser = new Product("Yoda PEZ dispenser");
    /* Uncomment the line following this comment,
       after adding a new method using method signatures,
       to solve their request in ShoppingCart.java
    */
    cart.addItem(dispenser);
  }

}
ShoppingCart.java
public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  }
   public void addItem(Product item) {
    addItem(item, 1);
    System.out.printf("Adding 1 of %s to the cart.%n", item.getName()); 

  }
}
Product.java
public class Product {
  /* Other code omitted for clarity, but you could imagine
     it would store price, options like size and color
  */
  private String mName;

  public Product(String name) {
      mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
      return mName;
  }
}

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You're doing fine, but you have an extra print statement. Let's take a look:

public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());   //This prints that something was added to the cart
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  }
   public void addItem(Product item) {
    addItem(item, 1);  //This calls the first addItem that accepts a quantity
    System.out.printf("Adding 1 of %s to the cart.%n", item.getName());  //This also prints that something was added... you've now printed twice

  }
}

If I uncomment the part we were supposed to uncomment, and remove that second print statement... your code passes! Good luck! :sparkles:

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

FYI, when Jennifer says "remove", she means delete. Commenting out the duplicate line didn't seem to work for me. I still got an error and a message about duplication (just another quirk of challenge verification) .

Andrea Kim
Andrea Kim
653 Points

I got it, thank you.