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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Class Review

Posted by Atul Varma
Atul Varma
4,285 Points

Reason behind the whole video ?

My question is :

What's the reason behind creating constructor and then passing arguments in the treet instantiation and getting the same output as before i.e. This is a new treet ?

We were getting the same output before also.. right ?

Then why changes in the code.. to explain the date concept ?

1 Answer

Nelson Fleig
Nelson Fleig
25,764 Points
Nelson Fleig
Nelson Fleig
25,764 Points

The difference is that now you have an object representation of a Treet with defined properties. You are right that there is currently no difference in the String representation of the object. In the upcoming vidoes, you learn about the toString() method, which allows you to define how an object is represented as a String in order to display the properties that we have passed in the constructor (author, description and creationDate). Watch the next videos and hopefully this will clear up.