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Java Java Objects (Retired) Harnessing the Power of Objects Method Signatures

public void drive(){ }

It gives me an error that my mBarsCount was not decremented by 1.. where am I going wrong?

GoKart.java
public class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String mColor;
  private int mBarsCount;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
    mBarsCount = 0;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }

  public void drive(){

  }

  public void drive(int laps) {
    // Other driving code omitted for clarity purposes
    mBarsCount -= laps;
  }


  public void charge() {
    while (!isFullyCharged()) {
      mBarsCount++;
    }
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return mBarsCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return mBarsCount == MAX_BARS;
  }

}

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Currently your drive() method is empty but it should be doing something.

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Watson,

you defined a new drive() method inside your code. Inside the new drive method you can use the second drive method.

But donΒ΄t forget to add the number of laps as an argument ..... HINT, HINT, HINT

:)