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Start your free trialchristian rylander
4,609 PointsJava
Can someone help me with task 3?
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 other = (BlogPost) obj;
if (equals(other)) {
return 0;
}
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;
}
}
1 Answer
Teja Tummalapalli
5,592 PointsHi, The challenge suggest to compare the blogs based on the date. So in your implementation of compareTo
try to compare the date and return the value. Two date's can be compared using the compareTo
method on the date object. Use this statement this.mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate)
in your compareTo
Please refer stackoverflow question for clear understating. Please comment here if you do not understand any part.
christian rylander
4,609 Pointschristian rylander
4,609 PointsThank You!