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Java Java Data Structures Getting There Class Review

Nikhil Sharma
Nikhil Sharma
1,173 Points
Posted by Nikhil Sharma
Nikhil Sharma
1,173 Points

Now add a constructor that accepts author, title, body, category and creation date

Now add a constructor that accepts author, title, body, category and creation date

com/example/BlogPost.java 
package com.example;
import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
  private String mAuthor,mTitle,mBody,mCategory;
  private Date mDate  = new Date();

  void Blogpost(String author,String title,String body,String category,Date date){
   author=mAuthor;
   title=mTitle;
   body=mBody;
   category=mCategory;
  date=mDate;

  }
}

1 Answer

Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
7,324 Points
Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
7,324 Points

You've got your 'member' variables and local variables switched around. Check out the docs for more about variables if you are confused about that. Also, I've always found the this keyword to be clearer, but everyone is different.

package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {

  private String mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mBody;
  private String mCategory;
  private Date mCreationDate;

  public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mBody = body;
    mCategory = category;
    mCreationDate = creationDate;
  }

}