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Java Java Data Structures Getting There Override an inherited method

Override the toString method from java.lang.Object and make it return the following information: "BlogPost:

I don't know what to do on here!!

com/example/BlogPost.java
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;
    }

    public String getAuthor() {
      return mAuthor;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
      return mTitle;
    }

    public String getBody() {
      return mBody;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
      return mCategory;
    }

    public Date getCreationDate() {
      return mCreationDate;
    }
}

@Override
public String toString(){ return "BlogPost: \""+mTitle + "\" -@" +mAuthor;

2 Answers

Tristan Smith
Tristan Smith
3,171 Points

It looks like your method is outside of your class, it's also missing the other "}". Have you tried placing it inside the BlogPost class?

Qui Le
Qui Le
10,248 Points

Your toString() method should be inside the class BlogPost, and it is missing the closing parenthesis after semicolon.