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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Throwing Exceptions

Carlos Pizarro
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Carlos Pizarro
Courses Plus Student 1,878 Points
Posted by Carlos Pizarro
Carlos Pizarro
Courses Plus Student 1,878 Points

Is the logic of my function wrong? First challange of the IllegalArgumentExceptions

Is asking me to throw the the error exception if the amount of laps is minus to 0 but, does it mean that i should to equal the amount of bars to 0 and then throw the exception?

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;
  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() {
    if (barCount == 0) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enough battery");
    }
  }

  public void drive(int laps) {
    lapsDriven += laps;
    barCount -= laps;
  }
}

2 Answers

James Vlok
James Vlok
17,059 Points
James Vlok
James Vlok
17,059 Points

You need to check if there is enough battery power left to complete the amount of laps requested. So using an if statement in method drive(int laps). check if the number of laps is greater than the number of bars on the battery... eg.. 

if(barCount < laps){ 
     // run this code if there is not enough battery power
    //this is where you will throw your Exception in this case
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enough battery");
}

Now because you have a convince method drive() you will need to bubble up the Exception by declaring it as throwing.

   public void drive() throws IllegalArgumentException{
    drive(1);
}

below is a working code solution for the challenge hope this helps:

class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;
  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() throws IllegalArgumentException{
    drive(1);
  }

  public void drive(int laps) throws IllegalArgumentException{
    if(barCount < laps){
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enough battery");
    }
    lapsDriven += laps;
    barCount -= laps;
  }
}
Carlos Pizarro
Carlos Pizarro
Courses Plus Student 1,878 Points
Carlos Pizarro
Carlos Pizarro
Courses Plus Student 1,878 Points

It worked!! Awesome! Thank you so much!! :D PD: I need more practice

Kevin Vaccianna
Kevin Vaccianna
6,026 Points
Kevin Vaccianna
Kevin Vaccianna
6,026 Points

Can you please Explain why the IllegalArgumentException is behind the drive(int laps)?