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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Type Casting

Satyanarayana Akula
Satyanarayana Akula
1,264 Points

I dint understood what am I supposed to do in Task2

I didnt understood what am I supposed to do in the Task 2. If possible can u please give the code

Thank you

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
    private String mAuthor;
    private String mTitle;
    private String mBody;
    private String mCategory;
    private Date mCreationDate;

    public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
      mAuthor = author;
      mTitle = title;
      mBody = body;
      mCategory = category;
      mCreationDate = creationDate;
    }

    public String getAuthor() {
      return mAuthor;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
      return mTitle;
    }

    public String getBody() {
      return mBody;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
      return mCategory;
    }

    public Date getCreationDate() {
      return mCreationDate;
    }
}
TypeCastChecker.java
import com.example.BlogPost;

public class TypeCastChecker {
  /***************
  I have provided 2 hints for this challenge.
  Change `false` to `true` in one line below, then click the "Check work" button to see the hint.
  NOTE: You must set all the hints to false to complete the exercise.
  ****************/
  public static boolean HINT_1_ENABLED = false;
  public static boolean HINT_2_ENABLED = false;

  public static String getTitleFromObject(Object obj) {
    // Fix this result variable to be the correct string.
    String result = "";
   if (obj instanceof String) {
  result = (String) obj;
}  

return result;
  }
}

1 Answer

Anders Björkland
Anders Björkland
7,481 Points

Hi Satyanarayana!

I agree that the task can be a bit hard to understand. What are you really asked to do, and where are you supposed to do it? Well, you have the method getTitleFromObject in the class TypeCastChecker. As it stands right now, you simply check if the passed object is of type String. But what if the passed object is of type BlogPost? You do the same thing as with the String-object. You do another if-statement within the method's body, check if the object is an instance of BlogPost, if so, you can get the title from that object if you cast it to a BlogPost-type and set the result to its title.

Does this makes sense? Good luck!

Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Satyanarayana Akula ! Did Anders answer help you get past this or are you still stuck?

If you got through, can you please mark his answer as Best Answer so he gets the credit! Great answer Anders!

Satyanarayana Akula
Satyanarayana Akula
1,264 Points

Thank for quick response. This is helpful

Anders Björkland
Anders Björkland
7,481 Points

Excellent, and thanks Craig!
Glad I could help.