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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Constructors

Posted by coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

I'm not really sure what this question wants me to do

How do I make it public inside of private?

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  private String mColor = "red";

  public  Color(String mColor){
  mColor = color
  }
  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi again,

1) Your public Color method should be a public GoKart method (your constructor method should have the same name as the class it is declared in--since constructors create objects from the class's blueprint.)

2) The parameter of this GoKart method should be different than 'mColor'; we are going to set the mColor variable that you already declared to the value of a new variable (in my example, I named the parameter 'color'.)

3) You will want to add a semicolon at the end of your 'mColor = color' statement, so that the compiler knows that statement is over.

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
  }

Hope this helps!

coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

Thanks again! I'm really not the best at Java!