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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Add a Constructor

Posted by sharad pareek
sharad pareek
279 Points

First, define a public constructor that expects a String argument named color. (Don't worry about adding any code inside

It shows bummer that you make the public string same as the class... I dont know what does it mean.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

}

5 Answers

Jose Melendez
Jose Melendez
4,740 Points
Jose Melendez
Jose Melendez
4,740 Points

  1. A constructor must have the same name as the class. In this case the class name is GoKart (look at the very first line of code on the example you provided) so the name of the constructor should be GoKart.

  2. The constructor should be public. So the constructor should look like this

    public GoKart(){
}

  3. In the directions, it says that the constructor should expect a string argument named color. The argument goes inside the empty parenthesis next to GoKart. Start be defining what type of data will be in the argument, in this case it will be a String (with a capital 'S') and the argument will be named 'color'. So your code should now look like this.

    public GoKart(String color){
}

The code above is the final answer. Hope that helped :)

Passavudh Sabpisal
Passavudh Sabpisal
4,474 Points

Awesome explaination :)

Pamela Pinheiro
Pamela Pinheiro
533 Points
Pamela Pinheiro
Pamela Pinheiro
533 Points

class GoKart { private String color = "red";

public color (String color) { this.color= color; }

public String getColor() { return color; }

}

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points
vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points

ok thanks but I'm having trouble with this next part

class GoKart { private String Color;

public GoKart (String Color) { private this.Color = Color; }

public String getColor() { return Color; }

}

william williams
william williams
2,912 Points
william williams
william williams
2,912 Points 
class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";

  public GoKart(String color){
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }
}

and the next:

class GoKart {
  private String color = "";

  public GoKart(String color){
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }
}
Muhammad Asif
PLUS
Muhammad Asif
Courses Plus Student 557 Points
Muhammad Asif
Muhammad Asif
Courses Plus Student 557 Points

class GoKart { private String color; public color(String color) { this.color = color; }

public String getColor() { return color; }

}