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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Changing State

Jeremy Ongko
Jeremy Ongko
3,822 Points
Posted by Jeremy Ongko
Jeremy Ongko
3,822 Points

Why am i throwing an error when including String before the method barCount?

removing it fixes the error but why does it show up in the first place?

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;

  private void String barcount(){
   barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }

  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

Both "void" and "String" are declarations of return type. Using both is contradictory, like saying "this method returns nothing and it returns a String".

So it's a syntax error to have more than one return type in the declaration.