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Sølvi Qorda
14,194 Points"Make sure you set 'mType' in your constructor"
Hey,
I'm really stumped as to why this code keeps pulling up problems.Any ideas? Many thanks in advance.
public class Spaceship { public String mType;
public String type( ) {
mType = "SHUTTLE";
return mType;
}
public String getType() {
return mType; }
public void setType(String type) {
mType = type;
}
}
2 Answers
Kevin Faust
15,353 PointsHi,
You need two constructors and not just one:
public Spaceship() {
mType = "SHUTTLE";
}
public Spaceship(String type) {
mType = type;
}
Our first constrcutor takes nothing and will assign mType to be SHUTTLE. Our second constructor takes in a string and our mType variable will be equal to our string.
public String type( ) {
mType = "SHUTTLE";
return mType;
}
What you have doesnt make sense. Constructors always consist of only the class name. You never "return" anything in the constructor either
Sølvi Qorda
14,194 PointsThanks Kevin, that worked, though I'm still confused, but maybe I just need more practice.
Kevin Faust
15,353 PointsNo problem. And this is something called Constructor Overloading where we have two different constructors accepting different values. I encourage to check out the java track if you find yourself having difficult in the future. You will learn this in that track in a bit more detail.