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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Override an inherited method

Enyang Mercy
PLUS
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points
Posted by Enyang Mercy
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points

Stuck!!! something doesnt match here. Can't figure out BlogPost:

Bummer! Make sure you follow the instructions. Received 'BlogPost: TITLE by AUTHOR' does that match what was requested? Override method doesnt match

com/example/BlogPost.java 
package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
    private String mAuthor;
    private String mTitle;
    private String mBody;
    private String mCategory;
    private Date mCreationDate;

    public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
      mAuthor = author;
      mTitle = title;
      mBody = body;
      mCategory = category;
      mCreationDate = creationDate;
    }
    @Override
      public String toString() {
        return "BlogPost: TITLE by AUTHOR";
      }

    public String getAuthor() {
      return mAuthor;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
      return mTitle;
    }

    public String getBody() {
      return mBody;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
      return mCategory;
    }

    public Date getCreationDate() {
      return mCreationDate;
    }
}

2 Answers

Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points
Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points

Are you supposed to actually use the values of the title and author variable?

@Override
public String toString() {
  return "BlogPost: " + getTitle() + " by " + getAuthor();
}

Although using the + for string concatenation is possible, in the future, if you need to concatenate more than two strings, look into a class call StringBuilder