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Dylan McGee
1,610 Pointswhy return "mBody" over "body" in getBody?
I know my code is right but I do not understand why we cannot return "body" instead of "mBody." After all didn't we set them equal to each other in earlier lines?
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;
}
public String getBody(){
return mBody;
}
}
1 Answer
Dylan McGee
1,610 Pointsthis helped alot, thank you!
Mike Papamichail
4,883 PointsAwesome, if this solved your problem make sure to mark it as a "Best Answer" so that people with the same issue can easily find the solution!
Mike Papamichail
4,883 PointsMike Papamichail
4,883 PointsHello there!
You must return mBody since inside the constructor you assign the body's value to the mBody variable.
CAUTION: You are not setting them equal, you're just assigning the body's value-that was passed in during instantiation-to the mBody variable.And since mBody is a private field, other classes can't access it's value so we must create a getter method that returns it's value to the caller!
Hope this helps clarify a few things.Let me know what you think.