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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Changing State

Posted by Harsh Jain
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Harsh Jain
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,783 Points

Now create a method named charge that sets the new barCount field to the maximum amount of bars available for each GoKar

Now create a method named charge that sets the new barCount field to the maximum amount of bars available for each GoKart.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color};
    public void Charge(){
      barCount = MAX_BARS; 
    }
}

1 Answer

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Harsh Jain

You're on the right track and doing great. There are just a couple of small things out of place here.

First, after the return statement in the getColor method, the semicolon and the closing brace are mixed up. The semicolon needs to end the statement and then the brace closes the method. This is much easier to remember if you always put the closing brace on its own line.
Second, the name for the method you are adding should not be capitalized. Java methods are named using lowerCase camelCase naming conventions.

So, you got it right for the most part, just a couple small corrections and you're good to go. Have a look at the code below and compare to yours to better illustrate what I mean above.

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

  public void charge(){
    barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }
}

Nice work! :) :dizzy: