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Android Build an Interactive Story App The Model-View-Presenter Pattern Adding a Custom Constructor

Posted by Jorge Ponce
Jorge Ponce
2,252 Points

Now add a second constructor that takes a String parameter. Use this parameter to update shipType to a specific type of

i need help i dont no why this people put this for confuse the main.

Spaceship.java 
public class Spaceship {
    public String shipType;

    public String getShipType() {
      return shipType;
    }

    public void setShipType(String shipType) {
      this.shipType = shipType;
    }
  public Spaceship() { 
     this.shipType = "SHUTTLE";
  }
   public Spaceship(String shiptype) { 
      this.shiptype = shiptype;
   }
}

1 Answer

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

You didn't use the proper capitalization in your constructor when accessing your properties. You did shiptype, when you should be using shipType (notice the uppercase 'T'):

public Spaceship(String shipType) { 
   this.shipType = shipType;
}