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Chidiebere Ekennia
5,950 PointsDon't know how to do this challenge: Create a new method named drive that accepts no arguments.
I'm not sure what to do next. any help?
class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private String color;
private int barCount;
private int lapsDriven;
public GoKart(String color) {
this.color = color;
}
public String getColor() {
return color;
}
public void charge() {
barCount = MAX_BARS;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return barCount == 0;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged() {
return MAX_BARS == barCount;
}
public void drive() {
drive(MAX_BARS)
}
public void drive(int lapAmount) {
lapsDriven+= lapAmount;
barCount-= lapAmount;
}
}
2 Answers
Daniel Turato
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,124 PointsSo you need to create a separate new drive method that takes 0 parameters/arguments. This method then should call the original drive method by passing in 1 as it's parameter. This concept is called method overloading, you can read more about it here - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html. With that being said, this is what I got:
public void drive() {
drive(1);
}
Chidiebere Ekennia
5,950 PointsThanks, tho i had to assign MAX_BARS = 1 inside the drive method : public void drive() { drive(MAX_BARS = 1); }