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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

So at your new Java job, you've written a brand new Shopping Cart system for the website. After some developers have use

I really do not know what else I'm suppose to do. Please help :((

Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart();
    Product pez = new Product("Cherry PEZ refill (12 pieces)");
    cart.addItem(pez, 5);
    /* Since a quantity of 1 is such a common argument when adding a product to the cart,
     * your fellow developers have asked you to make the following code work, as well as keeping
     * the ability to add a product and a quantity.
     */
    Product dispenser = new Product("Yoda PEZ dispenser");
    /* Uncomment the line following this comment,
       after adding a new method using method signatures,
       to solve their request in ShoppingCart.java
    */
    cart.addItem(dispenser);
  }

}
ShoppingCart.java
public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
    public void addItem(Product item) {
  addItem(item, 1);
}
  }
}
Product.java
public class Product {
  /* Other code omitted for clarity, but you could imagine
     it would store price, options like size and color
  */
  private String mName;

  public Product(String name) {
      mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
      return mName;
  }
}

1 Answer

La Gracchiatrice
La Gracchiatrice
4,615 Points

the second constructor addItem(Product item) is defined inside the first constructor addItem(Product item, int quantity). Look at the second } This is the correct version

public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
   }
    public void addItem(Product item) {
  addItem(item, 1);
  }
}

OMG! what a dummy!!!! THank you so much. I was so tired I did not even noticed that!!

Can someone explain the logic of the answer? Perhaps a brief explanation of the question too - I didn't quite understand what the objective was asking for.

Jordan Bester
Jordan Bester
4,752 Points

Can someone clear this up for me?

kevin nisay
kevin nisay
1,159 Points

can you ecplain this to me ? howhow hooow ???