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

my code has many errors. please tell me how to fix.

Example.Java:

public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your amazing code goes here...
    System.out.println("We are makng a new pez dispenser.");
    PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
    System.out.printf("The Dispenser character is %s\n",
                     dispenser.getCharacterName());
    if (dispenser.isEmpty()) {
      System.out.println("It is currently empty.");
    }
    System.out.println("Loading...");
    dispenser.load();

    if (!dispenser.isEmpty()) {
    System.out.println("It is no longer empty.");
    }
while(dispene.dispense) {
  System.out.println("Chomp!");
 }                   
if (dispenser.isEmpty()){
  System.out.println("Ate all the PEZ!");
}
  }
}

PezDispenser:

public class PezDispenser { public static final int MAX_PEZ = 12; private String mCharacterName; private int mPezCount;

public PezDispenser(String characterName) { mCharacterName = characterName; mPezCount = 0; }

public boolean dispense() { boolean wasDispensed = false; if(!isEmpty()) { mPezCount--; wasDispensed = true; } while(dispene.dispense) { System.out.println("Chomp!) } if return wasDispensed; }

public boolean isEmpty() { return mPezCount == 0; }

public void load() { mPezCount = MAX_PEZ; }

public String getCharacterName() { return mCharacterName; } }

errors:

if(!isEmpty()) {                                                                                                                         
    ^                                                                                                                                    

symbol: method isEmpty()
location: class PezDispenser
./PezDispenser.java:17: error: cannot find symbol
while(dispene.dispense) {
^
symbol: variable dispene
location: class PezDispenser
./PezDispenser.java:17: error: illegal start of type
while(dispene.dispense) {
^
./PezDispenser.java:33: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to boolean
return mCharacterName;
^
24 errors

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,837 Points

You might want to start by changing this line: while(dispene.dispense).

Andrew Mitchell
Andrew Mitchell
2,739 Points

Yes i noticed that too, he/she probably meant dispenser