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C# C# Objects Encapsulation and Arrays Ternary If

Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points
Posted by Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points

Error with accessibility

I'm getting this error:

treehouse:~/workspace$ mcs -out:TreehouseDefense.exe *.cs && mono TreehouseDefense
Path.cs(9,12): error CS0051: Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type TreehouseDefense.MapLocation[]' is less accessible than methodTreehouseDefense.Path.Path(TreehouseDefense.MapLocation[])'
MapLocation.cs(3,11): (Location of the symbol related to previous error)
Path.cs(14,24): error CS0050: Inconsistent accessibility: return type TreehouseDefense.MapLocation' is less accessible than methodTreehouseDefense.Path.GetLocationAt(int)'
MapLocation.cs(3,11): (Location of the symbol related to previous error)

Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points
Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points

Path.cs = using System;

namespace TreehouseDefense { public class Path { private readonly MapLocation[] _path;

public Path(MapLocation[] path)
{
  _path = path;
}

public MapLocation GetLocationAt(int pathStep)
{
  /*if(pathStep < path.Length)
  {
  return _path[pathStep];
  }
  else
  {
    return null;
  }*/
  return (pathStep < path.Length) ? _path[pathStep] : null;
}

} }

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

Part of the issue is in a module not shown here. But just guessing from the error message, I might speculate that on line 3 of MapLocation.cs there's a missing "public" directive.

To facilitate a complete and accurate analysis in multi-source projects like this, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

I guessed it! The snapshot confirms that line 3 of MapLocation.cs needs a "public" access modifier.

Also, on line 16 of Path.cs the term "path.Length" is missing an underscore (should be "_path.Length").

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

That helps! I added a comment to my answer.

Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points
Jason Rice
Jason Rice
6,657 Points

That worked! Thank you very much for your help!! They probably should add that to video! Inserting public before class in line 3 of MapLocation.cs