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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

Method signatures, this challenge, and DRY - how to solve this default parameters challenge?

I got to the point where I fixed my typo (had the brackets nested originally) but I know I'm still duplicating the method. However, my other attempts bring up multiple syntax errors. What do I need to do to solve this challenge? It seems really tricky.

Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart();
    Product pez = new Product("Cherry PEZ refill (12 pieces)");
    cart.addItem(pez, 5);
    /* Since a quantity of 1 is such a common argument when adding a product to the cart,
     * your fellow developers have asked you to make the following code work, as well as keeping
     * the ability to add a product and a quantity.
     */
    Product dispenser = new Product("Yoda PEZ dispenser");
    /* Uncomment the line following this comment,
       after adding a new method using method signatures,
       to solve their request in ShoppingCart.java
    */
    cart.addItem(dispenser);
  }

}
ShoppingCart.java
public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  } public void addItem(Product item){
  System.out.printf("Adding 1 of %s to the cart.%n", item.getName());
  }
}
Product.java
public class Product {
  /* Other code omitted for clarity, but you could imagine
     it would store price, options like size and color
  */
  private String mName;

  public Product(String name) {
      mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
      return mName;
  }
}

1 Answer

Hi Katriel,

This challenge mentions Please imagine lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. in the method you're writing a new signature for. The intent of that comment is for you to keep the code DRY by calling the original method in the new signature; so addItem(item, 1); instead of re-writing the code from the first method.

Hope that helps!

I tried addItem(item, 1); and got a screen full of syntax errors, which is why I'm really confused at this...

The challenge will pass if you uncomment the code in Example.java, then update ShoppingCart.java to look as below; if you're still experiencing errors after that point, which specific errors are they?

public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  }
  public void addItem(Product item) {
   addItem(item, 1); 
  }
}

This is what I get:

./ShoppingCart.java:9: error: method addItem(Product,int) is already defined in class ShoppingCart
  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
              ^
./Example.java:16: error: method addItem in class ShoppingCart cannot be applied to given types;
   cart.addItem(dispenser);
       ^
  required: Product,int
  found: Product
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
2 errors

That error indicates that you've got to delete the second parameter in the second addItem() method; the method signature is identical in both methods, which makes the first function redundant.