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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

janeporter
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janeporter
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still getting an error after adding method and uncommenting line...

I've added the method to ShoppingCart.java, uncommented the line in Example.java and I get the following error:

Bummer! Did you uncomment the line in Example.java? The output from System.out does not show the 1 Yoda PEZ dispenser.

What am I doing wrong???

Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart();
    Product pez = new Product("Cherry PEZ refill (12 pieces)");
    cart.addItem(pez, 5);
    /* Since a quantity of 1 is such a common argument when adding a product to the cart,
     * your fellow developers have asked you to make the following code work, as well as keeping
     * the ability to add a product and a quantity.
     */
    Product dispenser = new Product("Yoda PEZ dispenser");
    /* Uncomment the line following this comment,
       after adding a new method using method signatures,
       to solve their request in ShoppingCart.java
    */
    cart.addItem(dispenser);
  }

}
ShoppingCart.java
public class ShoppingCart {


  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  }
  public void addItem(Product item) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %s to the cart.%n", item.getName());
  }
}
Product.java
public class Product {
  /* Other code omitted for clarity, but you could imagine
     it would store price, options like size and color
  */
  private String mName;

  public Product(String name) {
      mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
      return mName;
  }
}

1 Answer

I haven't worked through the challenge, but I suspect the intent is to have you recognize that you can reuse the code you already wrote in the first addItem() method, instead of rewriting it in the second addItem() method. It's not that your second addItem() is wrong, it's that you can write the second addItem() by simply calling the first from within it with parameters (item, 1). Try that. Also replace your "%n" with "\n" for a new line.