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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Changing State

Joshua Salas
Joshua Salas
732 Points
Posted by Joshua Salas
Joshua Salas
732 Points

A little confused what the questions is asking for. Can someone help me with the code

N/a

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

  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;
  }
  public void fill(){
    private barCount=MAX_BARS;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }
}

1 Answer

Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points
Evans Owino
Evans Owino
24,888 Points

Hi,

Step one is asking you to declare a private field barCount that will be used to track the number of energy bars. As we are tracking the quantity of something, we should use the data type int, so:

private int barCount

Step two is asking you to create a method called charge that sets the new barCount field to the maximum amount. As the specification doesn't specify that we need to return a value, let's make the return type of the method as void, so:

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

Hope this helps.