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isaac schwartzman
963 Pointswhat's wrong here?
I am so confused
package com.example;
import java.util.Date;
public class BlogPost implements Comparable {
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;
}
@Override
public int compareTo(BlogPost blogPost){
if (this.equals(blogPost)) {
return 1;
}
int compareDate = mCreationDate.compareTo(blogPost.mCreationDate);
return compareDate;
}
public String[] getWords() {
return mBody.split("\\s+");
}
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;
}
}

isaac schwartzman
963 Pointswhen I make it 0 it gives me ./com/example/BlogPost.java:19: error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype @Override ^ 1 error
2 Answers

Marcus Yow
12,929 PointsThat's because the compareTo method takes an object from the super class Object as a parameter, and in order to properly override a method you need to include the correct parameter types.

isaac schwartzman
963 Pointsthank you
Marcus Yow
12,929 PointsMarcus Yow
12,929 PointsYour equals condition should return 0 and not 1.