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Gerardo Lopez
616 PointsgetMessage Error
When I check my work an error appears saying that I need to use the getMessage method, but in my code I clearly do.
class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("purple");
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
try {
kart.drive(42);
} catch(IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println("Whoa there!");
System.out.printf("The error is %s %n", iae.getMessage());
}
}
}
class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private int barCount;
private String color;
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(1);
}
public void drive(int laps) {
if (laps > barCount) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("not enough battery");
}
lapsDriven += laps;
barCount -= laps;
}
}
2 Answers

Laban Leuchovius
3,520 PointsYes, you have definitely done it right. But I think that this particular challenge only consider your answer to be right if you only put "System.out.println(iae.getMessage());" inside the catch block.

adrian miranda
13,557 PointsThat looks like valid code, and it worked for me when I entered it. Perhaps you were just running into a temporary problem with the server, that has since gone away?

Gerardo Lopez
616 PointsI thought it might be that too but it still doesn't work.
Gerardo Lopez
616 PointsGerardo Lopez
616 PointsDang, I switched out my code for the code you wrote but it still says that I'm not using the getMessage method.