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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Validation

leo 001
leo 001
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Posted by leo 001
leo 001
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why promptForGuess has to return a boolean value?

why promptForGuess has to return a boolean value?

2 Answers

Craig Dennis
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Craig Dennis
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Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
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We use this to check and see if the guess was a hit or not. This allows the prompting code to handle the different cases.

Make more sense?

Florian Janosch
Florian Janosch
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Florian Janosch
Florian Janosch
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I have the same problem as leo 001... Why would we want to return the isHit in the last line of promptForGuess???

leo 001
leo 001
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leo 001
leo 001
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Thanks for replying. When we use it in the play() method, we just call it, but it does not return the boolean to anything, is that ok? should it be return void for this case?

public void play(){ while(mGame.getRemainingTries()>0 && !mGame.isSolved()){ displayProgress(); promptForGuess(); }