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Java Java Objects (Retired) Harnessing the Power of Objects Method Signatures

Adding a new default method 'drive'

My code is as follows. Could you please direct as to where I am going wrong? Thanks.

         public class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String mColor;
  private int mBarsCount;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
    mBarsCount = 0;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }



  public void drive(int laps) {
    // Other driving code omitted for clarity purposes
    mBarsCount -= laps;
  }

   public void drive () {
  drive (1); 
  }

  public void charge() {
    while (!isFullyCharged()) {
      mBarsCount++;
    }
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return mBarsCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return mBarsCount == MAX_BARS;
  }

}

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Prasanna;

Your code is almost there. Just remove the space between drive and (1) and you should have it.

Happy coding,

Ken

Ohh.. Duh!

Thanks Ken, Appreciate your response!

Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

No worries. I spent a couple of hours today scouring my code for an error. I had put a 5 instead of an 8 and due to font type/size/old eyes, couldn't see it. Happens to all of us.

Ken