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Yahya Saadi
4,277 PointsHow to create a helper method
I am having a problem with the last block of code that returns true when the GoKart is fully charged. Please help
public class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private String mColor;
private int mBarsCount;
public GoKart(String color) {
mColor = color;
mBarsCount = 0;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return mBarsCount == 0;
}
public String getColor() {
return mColor;
}
public void charge() {
mBarsCount = MAX_BARS;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged() {
if (mBarsCount == 8) {
return true;
}
}
}
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsNo, I am wrong.
It is looking for you to compare the value held in mBarsCount with the value 8. It isn't key that you use the constant set for that purpose.
So, in exactly the same way as you created isBatteryEmpty() in the task before, you just need to return a comparison beteen the mBarsCount value and 8. Both of these are fine:
public boolean isFullyCharged(){
return mBarsCount == 8;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged(){
return mBarsCount == MAX_BARS;
}
I hope that helps
Steve.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsI think you want to compare mBarsCount with the constant MAX_BARS.
Steve.