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Java Spring Basics Modeling, Storing, and Presenting Data Create a POJO

Posted by Martin Hana
Martin Hana
1,152 Points

Keep getting Your getter for `firstName` is missing or has an incorrect signature. Make sure... and yet its there?

I have no idea how to fix this. Is this a bug or am I blind?

com/teamtreehouse/contactmgr/model/Contact.java 
package com.teamtreehouse.contactmgr.model;
public class Contact {

  int id;
  String firstName;
  String lastName;
  String email;

  public String getfirstName(){
  return firstName;
  }
  public String setfirstName(String firstName){
  this.firstName=firstName;
  }

  public String getlastName(){
  return lastName;
  }
  public String setlastName(String lastName){
  this.lastName=lastName;
  }

  public String getemail(){
  return email;
  }
  public String setemail(String email){
  this.email=email;
  }

  public int getId(){
  return id;
  }

  public int setId(int id){
  this.id=id;
  }
}

2 Answers

aebe holzner
aebe holzner
347 Points 
package com.teamtreehouse.contactmgr.model;

public class Contact {   
    private int id;
    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;
    private String email;

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getFirstName() { // here you are returning a string therefore you should add "String"
        return firstName;
    }

    public void setFirstName(String firstName) { 

// here you are setting a variable to value and not returning anything. Therefore, you need to use "void"
        this.firstName = firstName;
    }

    public String getLastName() {
        return lastName;
    }

    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }
}

Main Class:

package com.teamtreehouse.contactmgr.model;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Contacts contact = new Contacts();
        contact.setFirstName("damien");
        System.out.println(contact.getFirstName());
    }
}

You cannot use String before the method name setfirstname as you are not returning anything. It should be void.

Your code: 

public String setfirstName(String firstName){
  this.firstName=firstName;
}

Fix:

public void setfirstName(String firstName){
  this.firstName=firstName;
}
Martin Hana
Martin Hana
1,152 Points

True, I was dozing. but I am still getting the same error.

aebe holzner
aebe holzner
347 Points
aebe holzner
aebe holzner
347 Points

Could you post your main method as well? It works with me.

Martin Hana
Martin Hana
1,152 Points

Don't have another class. Only got Contact.java Did I misunderstood something on this task?

Martin Hana
Martin Hana
1,152 Points

I fixed it. forgot the camle case..