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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Type Casting

Posted by Carter Pringle
Carter Pringle
3,416 Points

I'm having trouble trying to figure out what the question is looking for?

Am I supposed to be doing an if statement to see if the obj instanceof is equal to either the string or the com.example.blogpost?

TypeCastChecker.java 
import com.example.BlogPost;

public class TypeCastChecker {
  /***************
  I have provided 2 hints for this challenge.
  Change `false` to `true` in one line below, then click the "Check work" button to see the hint.
  NOTE: You must set all the hints to false to complete the exercise.
  ****************/
  public static boolean HINT_1_ENABLED = false;
  public static boolean HINT_2_ENABLED = false;

  public static String getTitleFromObject(Object obj) {
    // Fix this result variable to be the correct string.
    System.out.println(obj instanceof String);
    String result = (String) obj;
    return result;
    }
  }
}

1 Answer

behar
behar
10,799 Points

Hey Carter! Yes, thats indeed what you have to do, make sure to cast the result as a String tho. So something like:

if (obj instanceof String) {
    return (String) obj;
}

Hope this helps!