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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Mark Stoelinga
Mark Stoelinga
746 Points
Posted by Mark Stoelinga
Mark Stoelinga
746 Points

How to add and initialize the maximum number of characters for the twitter app challenge?

I keep getting the error: MAX_TEXT was not initialized. Besides that there are probably some errors in my code but I just can't seem to pass this? Help a beginner out please :)

Kind regards,

Mark

Tweet.java 
public class Tweet {
  private String mText;
  public final static int MAX_TEXT;

  public int MAX_TEXT() { 
    int maxText = 140;
  }

  public Tweet(String text) {
    mText = text;
  }

  public String getText() {
    return mText;
  }

}
Mark Stoelinga
Mark Stoelinga
746 Points
Mark Stoelinga
Mark Stoelinga
746 Points

Making this sort of stuff way too hard for myself everytime, while it's way too simple. Gotta stop overthinking these kinds of things :)

public class Tweet {
  private String mText;
  public static final int MAX_TEXT = 140;

  public Tweet(String text) {
    mText = text;
  }

  public String getText() {
    return mText;
  }

}

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