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Grigorij Schleifer
10,364 PointsWhy i have to store game in mGame?
I don´t understand the logic behind building the constructor "Prompter" and the need of building a member variable "mGame" to store the game logic in it ....
I just don´t want to loose my mind :)
public class Prompter {
private Game mGame;
public Prompter (Game game) {
mGame = game;
}
Matthew Turner
2,564 PointsThe idea behind making classes is so you can make many instances of a class. The Prompter constructor takes one parameter which is a Game object. The Game object that you pass to the Prompter is saved to the member variable in the class. This is useful for when or if you want to create multiple instances. Hope this is helpful.
2 Answers
Tyler Chapman
20,470 PointsYou need to use the this keyword
public class Prompter {
private Game mGame;
public Prompter (Game game) {
this.mGame = game;
}
Grigorij Schleifer
10,364 PointsBut why i have to set private to the mGame??? Why i can´t code
public Game mGame?
Why do we need mGame and game??? Why you can´t access mGame from other classes ?
....
Demauri Portis
4,809 PointsDemauri Portis
4,809 PointsYour mGame has an access modifier of private, meaning the field is accessible only within its own class. You can gain access to that variable indirectly by using public methods like the one you have Prompter. So basically, your Prompter method is a set method (set the value of mGame) allowing you to initialize mGame through a different class which would extend Prompter.
~Hope it made sense