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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Defaulting Parameters

"...with the default parameter or 1" huh?

I've tried a few different ways to solve this but no matter which I always get a "bummer" error, this is my final iteration before I had to go to work

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, 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. 
    */
  }
  public int addItem(Product item){
   System.out.printf("Adding 1 of %s to the cart. %n", item.getName()); 
    return 0;
  }
}
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;
  }
}

1 Answer

So I went back and did this challenge to see what was up. Firstly, your method should be void, and return nothing. Secondly, what he is asking you to do is to create another method addItem(), that takes an Item parameter, and defaults the quantity to 1. So your method should be written in such a way, that whatever Item is passed, the result is the same as the first method, excepted defaulted to one. You can do this by calling the original method in your new method and putting 1 as the default quantity as 1.