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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Add a Constructor

Tony Reaves
Tony Reaves
10,422 Points
Posted by Tony Reaves
Tony Reaves
10,422 Points

Java objects: "Remove the initialization from the field definition." What am I doing wrong?

Finally, since the color is being set in the constructor now, remove the initialization from the field definition. Just leave it declared, but not initialized to "red".

Unfortunately, every time I try to remove the color, or just set it to "color," I break the earlier tasks. Am I actually supposed to remove something from the code, or am I misunderstanding the question?

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";
  public GoKart(String color){
    this.color="red";}
  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

}

1 Answer

Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points
Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points

Hi Tony...

You need to declare the this.color = color which means you declaring that this color inside the class GoKart is defined by the color argument passed to the constructor method. Here is how you should revise your code:

class GoKart {
  //private String color = "red";<-- you need to delete the "red" value and let it be just a String variable declaration like this:
  private String color; //<-- this is what the task wants you to do
  public GoKart(String color){
    //this.color="red";<-- this declaration is wrong. You need to let the color argument passed to the constructor passed to this.color variable, like this:
    this.color = color; //<- this is the correct way to declare constructor variable
  }
  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

}

I hope this can help a little