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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Comparable

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points

Let's allow our BlogPost to be sorted. In this first step, just make the class implement Comparable interface, and produ

This is my error ./com/example/BlogPost.java:43: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype @Override ^ 1 error

Even if a delete the @Override it don't work

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
  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 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;
  }
@Override
  public int compareTo(BlogPost obj) {
    return 1;
  }
}

2 Answers

Hi! you should implement the Comparable interface like this : public class BlogPost implements Comparable<Object>{}; and it will pass....

Alexander Vishnyakov
Alexander Vishnyakov
8,620 Points

1) Your class should implement Comparable interface --> public class BlogPost implements Comparable { } 2) To override method you should use same signature(name of method, number and TYPE of parameters). Here you take BlogPost as argument --> public int compareTo(BlogPost obj), however this is overloads method(you will find out what it is), therefore you should use this signature --> public int compareTo(Object obj) { return 1; }

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points

if I understand you right and I should use --> public int compareTo(Object obj) { return 1; } I get Bummer! Make sure that your class implements the Comparable method. in return. I know I'm missing something that is obvious but I don't see it. I gotten everything up to this point and it's driving me crazy.