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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Throwing Exceptions

Why isn't this an acceptable answer?

Working on adding an exception to the Go Kart project - I honestly don't think I'm understanding how the logic is supposed to work for the exception to work properly.

GoKart.java
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;
  private int lapsDriven;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }
  public void charge() {
    barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return barCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return MAX_BARS == barCount;
  }

  public void drive() {
    drive(1);
  }

  public void drive(int laps) {
    if (laps > MAX_BARS) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("We can't drive that many laps!"); 
    }
    lapsDriven += laps;
    barCount -= laps;
  }
}

2 Answers

Hello,

replace if MAX_BARS with barCount - we are testing if we can drive N laps on remaining battery, not it's MAX.

Right! Yup, that makes sense - I wasn't thinking about it in use. Thank you!

no prob - a pleasure! best of luck in your Java journey.