I think that Mong-Thao La wrote:
>>i have following method in java code:
>>public String getVerificationDescription(String verificationID) {
>> if(verificationID.equals("Knicknachweis"))
>> return "Test" ;
>>}
>>I will not work !
>>It is not a big problem, but i can not find the error.
Hi Mong-Thao,
Well, while this most definitely a basic Java question and *not* a Jess
question, Ernest does follow an unwritten Hippocratic Oath about such
matters.
So...
The problem is that your code does not account for what happens if
verificationID is *not* equal to "Knicknachweis", so the method does nothing
if it's not equal. Since the method must return a String, this is not going
to work.
Run this class and see if it's what you want:
// ====================================
public class TestMethod {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// A bunch of test calls
TestMethod tm = new TestMethod();
tm.getVerificationDescription("fooBAr");
tm.getVerificationDescription("Knicknachweis");
tm.getVerificationDescription("");
}
public TestMethod() {
}
public String getVerificationDescription(String verificationID) {
StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
if (verificationID.equals("Knicknachweis")) {
message.append("Test");
System.out.println(message.toString() + ": Verified "
+ verificationID);
} else {
message.append("Failed!");
System.err.println(message.toString() + ": Could not verify "
+ verificationID);
}
// Only return from method in one statement
return message.toString();
}
}
// ====================================
Output:
--------
Failed!: Could not verify fooBAr
Test: Verified Knicknachweis
Failed!: Could not verify
Some suggestions would be:
(1) If you use an IDE like Eclipse www.eclipse.org, you will see errors like
this immediately as you write your code.
(2) Only return from your methods in one statement. In other words, don't
have multiple return statements in your methods (if you can avoid them).
(3) Use brackets on your control statement blocks even if they only contain
one statement right now...this can always change later and it makes your
code more organized.
In the future, you may want to post this type of question to a more general
Java users group. One that I can recommend is the one to which I belong
www.pjug.org and http://www.pjug.org/mailman/listinfo/javamail -- a very
knowledgeable and friendly bunch of folks.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Jason
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Jason Morris
Morris Technical Solutions
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