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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Constructors

Posted by Abhishek Kothari
Abhishek Kothari
1,424 Points

what does this mean?

"Please make sure you assign the parameter passed in to the constructor to the mColor field."

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart 
{
  private String mColor = "red";

  public GoKart(String mColor)
  {
    String color = mColor;
  }
  public String getColor() 
  {
    return mColor;
  }
}
Gabriel Walton
Gabriel Walton
1,785 Points

Have a look at your GoKart constructor :)

1 Answer

landonferrier
landonferrier
25,097 Points

Abhishek, here is the correct code for the Java challenge: 

public class GoKart {
  private String mColor = "red";

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}

From the looks of it, you tried to create a new string and then assign it to the value of (mColor). All you need to do to fix this code is to assign the value of (mColor) to the color value that is passed as a method parameter.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!