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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) The Model-View-Controller Pattern Creating a Data Model

Michael Moore
Michael Moore
13,564 Points
Posted by Michael Moore
Michael Moore
13,564 Points

illegal start

I was creating the setter method and got this error..

/Spaceship.java:7: error: illegal start of expression public void setType(String mType){ ^ ./Spaceship.java:7: error: illegal start of expression public void setType(String mType){ ^ ./Spaceship.java:7: error: ';' expected public void setType(String mType){ ^ ./Spaceship.java:7: error: ';' expected public void setType(String mType){ ^ 4 errors

Spaceship.java 
public class Spaceship{
  public String mType;

  public String getType(){
    return mType;

    public void setType(String mType){
      this.mType = mType;
    }
  }
}

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

You have the setter definition inside the getter instead of the class definition. Move it out and you should be good to go.

Michael Moore
Michael Moore
13,564 Points
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
13,564 Points

lol omg. Thanks it was right in front of my face.