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ahmed alghafli
3,446 Pointswhat should I do ,I am really confused
help
public class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private String mColor;
private int mBarsCount;
public GoKart(String color) {
mColor = color;
mBarsCount = 0;
}
public String getColor() {
return mColor;
}
public void drive(int laps) {
// Other driving code omitted for clarity purposes
mBarsCount -= laps;
}
public void charge() {
while (!isFullyCharged()) {
mBarsCount++;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return mBarsCount == 0;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged() {
return mBarsCount == MAX_BARS;
}
}
2 Answers
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,735 PointsYou want to create another public void function named drive that doesn't take any arguments; within that function you call the original drive method, passing in the number 1 as the argument for laps. Because the new function has a different method signature, it won't conflict with the original function. Here's a link to the wikipedia page for method signatures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_signature#Method_signature
Eric De Wildt
Courses Plus Student 13,077 PointsBasically two methods that have the same name but do different things are not the same. Like twins, they are the same in a lot of ways but they do different things at different moments in time and space so they are not the same.