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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Code Generation

Posted by Alex Beeler
Alex Beeler
12,066 Points

Song Request

I created the new class for Song Request from the model, but when typing out the Private String mSingerName; and Private Song mSong; it states that I need to make them type parameters and it wants to take away the semicolon from them. If I ignore this and generate them, it gives me this: public class SongRequest { Private String mSingerName; Private Song mSong;

public SongRequest(Private string, Private song) {
    String = string;
    Song = song;
}

What am I doing wrong? I'm on a Windows 7 OS.

1 Answer

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points
Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

Hi. I will insert your full code here so it's easier to read:

public class SongRequest {
   Private String mSingerName;       
   Private Song mSong;                  

   public SongRequest(Private string, Private song) {
       String = string;                           
       Song = song;                             
   }
}

You have a typo. It should be private (all lowercase), not Private. You got the error because of that typo and it then generated a wrong constructor because it saw Private as an object.

If you correct it, you should get your correct constructor:

 public SongRequest(String singerName, Song song) {
       mSingerName = singerName;                           
       mSong = song;                             
   }

Hope that helps :)