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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Final

Magnus Dilling Pettersen
Magnus Dilling Pettersen
5,681 Points
Posted by Magnus Dilling Pettersen
Magnus Dilling Pettersen
5,681 Points

Why does Yoda appear, and not Darth Vader?

class PezDispenser {
  private String characterName;

  public PezDispenser(String characterName) {
    this.characterName = characterName;
}

  public String getCharacterName() {
    return characterName; 
  }

    public String swapHead(String CharacterName) {
    String originalCharacterName = this.characterName;
      this.characterName = characterName;
      return originalCharacterName;
  }
}



public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your amazing code goes here...
    System.out.println("We are making a new PEZ dispenser");
    PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
    System.out.printf("The dispenser is %S %n",
                        dispenser.getCharacterName());
    String before = dispenser.swapHead("Darth Vader");
    System.out.printf("It was %s but Chris switched it to %s %n",
                      before,
                      dispenser.getCharacterName());
  }

}
Ruslan T
Ruslan T
1,706 Points
Ruslan T
Ruslan T
1,706 Points

I'm having the same problem:

class PezDispenser{
  private String charName;

  public PezDispenser(String charName){
    this.charName = charName;

  }
  public String getCharName(){
    return charName;
  } 

  public String swapName(String charName){

    String originalName = this.charName;
    this.charName = charName;
    return originalName;

  }

}


public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your amazing code goes here...
    System.out.println("We are making a new Pez dispenser");
    PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
    System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n",dispenser.getCharName());

    String before = dispenser.swapName("Darth Vader");
    System.out.printf("The dispenser is now %s, but it used to be %s %n",dispenser.getCharName(),before);
  }

}
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points

Ruslan T — I don't see your issue. Running your code produces this:

We are making a new Pez dispenser
The dispenser is Yoda
The dispenser is now Darth Vader, but it used to be Yoda

Did you perhaps forget to save your changes or recompile?

Ruslan T
Ruslan T
1,706 Points
Ruslan T
Ruslan T
1,706 Points

Oh oops, I actually forgot to recompile it, thanks!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points

You have "CharacterName" (capital "C") as the parameter instead of "characterName" (lower-case "c"):

    public String swapHead(String CharacterName) {

This causes the method to just assign the current name back to itself instead of the new one.

Personally, I use completely different names for parameters than any private fields to prevent these kinds of things from passing unnoticed by the compiler.