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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

I'm getting really pissed.

Ok so if you look at what I wrote I'm pretty sure Im doing it right and it says that I'm not, is there something that I missed or is it the site killing itself?

Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart();
    Product pez = new Product("Cherry PEZ refill (12 pieces)");
    cart.addItem(pez, 5);
    /* Since a quantity of 1 is such a common argument when adding a product to the cart,
     * your fellow developers have asked you to make the following code work, as well as keeping
     * the ability to add a product and a quantity.
     */
    Product dispenser = new Product("Yoda PEZ dispenser");
    /* Uncomment the line following this comment,
       after adding a new method using method signatures,
       to solve their request in ShoppingCart.java
    */
     cart.addItem(dispenser);
  }

}
ShoppingCart.java
public class ShoppingCart {

  public void addItem(Product item) {
    System.out.printf("Adding 1 %s to the cart.%n", item.getName()); 
  } 

  public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity. Please imagine
       lots and lots of code here. Don't repeat it. 
    */
  }
}
Product.java
public class Product {
  /* Other code omitted for clarity, but you could imagine
     it would store price, options like size and color
  */
  private String mName;

  public Product(String name) {
      mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
      return mName;
  }
}

2 Answers

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Will,

you have to overload the existing addItem method and create an new one with the same name.

Then you call the original addItem inside the overloaded addItem method and pass item and 1 inside.

// first addItem method
public void addItem(Product item, int quantity) {
    System.out.printf("Adding %d of %s to the cart.%n", quantity, item.getName());
    /* Other code omitted for clarity */
}

// New overloaded method
public void addItem(Product item) {
    // Call the original addItem method from the overloaded method, and give them the Product item and the quantity
    addItem(item, 1);
}

Grigorij

Please

for

the

love

of

god

start

using

the

search

bar

I'm not trying to be an as*hole here or anything, but I am pretty sure that people are getting tired of answering the same questions over and over and over again. There are three pages full of threads about this challenge. I'm more than absolutely sure the answer you seek is withing them. Try to find it.

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Kristian,

be passionate. The treehouse forum is the first forum ever, where you can ask the same stupid question and noone is telling you, how lazy, stupid and unprofessional you are for asking the same question again and again. And this is something I love about treehous. Please, dont punish us for beeing beginners and asking questions before using google, treehous forum, java docs, stack overflow and books ....

I know very well how Will must feel.

Sorry for bad englisch