Stuck on Challenge (Type Casting @ Java Data Structures)

The challenges towards the end of the Java Objects track became very poorly worded, not explaining clearly what you had to do to complete the challenge.

This one suffers from the same problem. I spent more time trying to work out what it was I supposed to be doing than actually solving it.

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Hello Alex, /* Check out the else if block, you have casted Object obj into BlogPost but later, you are typeCasting to a String, the String does not have a getTitle() method. So, basically you need to typeCast your object into Blogpost. This Snippet should work as per my understanding: */ else if(obj instanceof BlogPost){ BlogPost obj1 = (BlogPost) obj; result = obj1.getTitle(); } return result;

Abdullah;

What is your question exactly? The task is to return the correct object based on it's type, right?

If you use the built in hints Mr. Dennis provided for our use that may help point you in the correct direction.

Post back if you are still stuck.

Ken

I'm having trouble with this challenge as well, I'm not sure exactly what the challenge is asking me to do. This is how I tried to solve it:

import com.example.BlogPost;

public class TypeCastChecker {
  /***************
  I have provided 2 hints for this challenge.
  Change `false` to `true` in one line below, then click the "Check work" button to see the hint.
  NOTE: You must set all the hints to false to complete the exercise.
  ****************/
  public static boolean HINT_1_ENABLED = false;
  public static boolean HINT_2_ENABLED = false;

  public static String getTitleFromObject(Object obj) {
    // Fix this return statement to be the correct string.
    if (obj instanceof String){
      return (String) obj;
    }
    else if (obj instanceof BlogPost){
      obj = (String) obj;
      return getTitle();
    }
  }
}