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Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 Pointshow to add a String field named mTitle. ./PictureBook.java:3: error: cannot find symbol return mTitle.
What do I return if there is as yet no code in mTitle?
public class PictureBook {
public String mTitle() {
return mTitle;
}
};
1 Answer
andren
28,558 PointsA string field is not a method, you have essentially created a getter method. Getter methods are used to return the content of private member variables, but they are not themselves member variables. A member variable is as the name suggest a type of variable. It is a variable that exists inside the class rather than inside a method.
Creating a member variable is done in a similar fashion to creating a normal variable. The only real difference is that member variable have an access level (public, private, etc) that you have to set just like methods and classes do.
Creating a public string member variable looks like this:
public class PictureBook {
public String mTitle;
}
Malcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 PointsMalcolm Mutambanengwe
4,205 PointsThanks Andren. In other words a string doesn't take a function, it's just a string.
andren
28,558 Pointsandren
28,558 PointsMore or less, though this is not just about strings it's the same for all member variables. Whether they are Strings, ints or any other type of variable.