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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Privacy and Methods

Posted by Ju Young Lee
Ju Young Lee
435 Points

Need to get help for solving the problem.

and I got the error. What am I supposed to do?

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  public String mColor = "red";

  public color {

    mColor color = new mColor;

  }

}
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

//formatted code ~kf

1 Answer

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

Hi,

All you need to do is create a simple getter method that returns mColor. Looks something like this:

  public String getColor() {    //a getter method
   return mColor;  //return mColor
}

Let me know if you are still confused.