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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Creating New Objects

Robbie Thomas
Robbie Thomas
31,093 Points
Posted by Robbie Thomas
Robbie Thomas
31,093 Points

Challenge Task 1 of 2

Keep being told no on this one:

Example.java 
public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("We are going to create a GoKart");
        GoKart gokart = new GoKart();
}

2 Answers

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

When you instantiate the class GoKart you are supposed to pass in a String argument to the constructor:

GoKart goKart = new GoKart("red");

Something like that.

Any time that you instantiate an object you need to know how the constructor was setup so you know how many arguments it takes if any. If you try to instantiate an object with an incorrect number of arguments the compiler will throw an error.

Robbie Thomas
Robbie Thomas
31,093 Points
Robbie Thomas
Robbie Thomas
31,093 Points

Awfully strange, doesn't really say to put a color in there. Got that and was able to finish challenge 2 (made a mistake at first by not adding a ")" to the code).

Thanks.

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

No problem