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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Access Modifiers

Posted by @Jed Javelosa
@Jed Javelosa
336 Points

second time..

i need help

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  String color = "red";}

1 Answer

Joseph Wasden
Joseph Wasden
20,407 Points
Joseph Wasden
Joseph Wasden
20,407 Points

Alright, so you have the field type of String declared, and the field name (color). We need to add an access level modifer keyword before the type keyword (in this case, String) to ensure the field's privacy.

You can find a table of access level modifiers here. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html

The two access level modifiers we want to concern ourselves with are public and private. Since we want to ensure the field's privacy, let's try the private access level modifier.

class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";
}

Llama Llama ding dong! It works! What do you think would have happened if we had used the public modifier? maybe that's something to look into...