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18,975 PointsInterface challenge part 2
I get an error saying that the compareTo method should always return 1.
package com.example;
import java.util.Date;
public class BlogPost implements Comparable {
private String mAuthor;
private String mTitle;
private String mBody;
private String mCategory;
private Date mCreationDate;
public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
mAuthor = author;
mTitle = title;
mBody = body;
mCategory = category;
mCreationDate = creationDate;
}
public int compareTo(Object obj){
BlogPost castObj= (BlogPost) obj;
if (castObj.equals(obj)){
return 0;
}
else{
return 1;
}
}
public String[] getWords() {
return mBody.split("\\s+");
}
public String getAuthor() {
return mAuthor;
}
public String getTitle() {
return mTitle;
}
public String getBody() {
return mBody;
}
public String getCategory() {
return mCategory;
}
public Date getCreationDate() {
return mCreationDate;
}
}
Binyamin Friedman
14,615 PointsIkuyasu Usui I don't think you're right about that.
1 Answer
<noob />
17,062 PointsHi!, the working code is this:
public int compareTo(Object obj){
BlogPost castObj= (BlogPost) obj;
if (equals(castObj)) {
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
You dont need an else statment, if it equals it will return 0 and will go out of the loop if it isnt it will continue and will return 1. I think you have a problem inside your if statment as well, it seem like it could work but the complier doesn't accpet it. it accpeted my way for the check.
Ikuyasu Usui
36 PointsIkuyasu Usui
36 PointsCan you fix this first and run to see the error?