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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Adding a Custom Constructor

STAGE 3 CHALLENGE 1

Let's continue with our custom data model. We need some constructors. First, add a default constructor with no parameters. Inside the constructor, set mType to "SHUTTLE".

Spaceship.java
public class Spaceship {
    public String mType;

    public String getType() {
      return mType;
    }

    public void setType(String type) {
      mType = type;
    }
}
public Spaceship() {
  mType= "SHUTTLE";

3 Answers

Each pair of { } defines the scope . As per you generated code the constructor

public Spaceship()

Lies outside the scope of the actual class Spaceship. Which doesn't have any meaning.

So just the the line

public class Spaceship {
    public String mType;      

// put the constructor Spacehship() here 
     public Spaceship()  
{
  mType= "SHUTTLE";
}

Again this is not a hard and fast rule but usually constructors are written right after declaring variables

Hope this helps

Jeremy Faith
PLUS
Jeremy Faith
Courses Plus Student 56,696 Points

Your constructor looks correct just move it inside the class Spaceship( before the final bracket ).

public class Spaceship { public String mType;

// put the constructor Spacehship() here public Spaceship()
{ mType= "SHUTTLE"; }