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Java Java Objects (Retired) Harnessing the Power of Objects Incrementing

Weston Ross
Weston Ross
832 Points
Posted by Weston Ross
Weston Ross
832 Points

I don't know how to use the helper method correctly.

I used the coursework exercises as a guide to solving this problem and I am not understanding how to allow it to keep charging until fully charged. Thank you.

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_ENERGY_BARS = 8;
  private String mColor;
  private int mBarsCount;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
    mBarsCount = 0;
  }
  public boolean charge(){
    boolean isFullyCharged = false;
    if (!isFullyCharged()) {
      mBarsCount++;
      isFullyCharged = true;
    }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }

  public void charge() {
    mBarsCount = MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return mBarsCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return mBarsCount == MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

}

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Weston;

Welcome to Treehouse!

Challenge Task

Okay, so let's use our new isFullyCharged helper method to change our implementation details of the charge method. Let's make it so it will only charge until the battery reports being fully charged. Let's use the ! symbol and a while loop. Inside the loop increment mBarsCount.

The section of code we will be concentrating on is:

promptingFunction.java 
  public void charge() {
    mBarsCount = MAX_ENERGY_BARS;
  }

The challenge is asking us to use a while loop, which if you recall has a general syntax of while ( condition ) { do something }. Since we are charging a battery, we only want to do keep charging it if the battery is not fully charged. How can we check that? That is the reference to the isFullyCharged() method. We should, therefore, be able to use the ! symbol, which is a Unary Operator that inverts the value of a boolean, inside our condition along with the isFullyCharged() method.

Then we just need to charge the battery while it isn't charged. That would go in the do something category. we can accomplish that with the ++ operator and use that on mBarsCount.

Hopefully that get's you pointed in the correct direction. Post back if you still have questions.

Happy coding,

Ken

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Try it this way ....

public void charge() {

    while (!isFullyCharged()) {
      mBarsCount++;
    }

  }