I presume WeatherData.getData() should be going into some Data class that has multiple properties (using the , as a delimiter) instead of what OP is doing and just using the String

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, unless it's explicitly specified, one can still argue. For fun, that is. I did it a few times with stuff like using maps when the task said I couldn't use loops. Didn't really get into trouble since there was a proper solution ready as well.

[–] ulterno 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is one condition in which I might like the "If it runs, you get marks" examiners

[–] sukhmel 1 points 1 month ago

Depends on what was the course about. If it's about computation, then sure. If it's about OOP or architecture design (this one I wouldn't expect, unfortunately, but would be nice if it was taught somewhere), then the point is not just to run something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To be needlessly pedantic on this joke, answer07 in itself is not an object, but a class, a blueprint for objects. An instance of that class would be an object. Calling the static function main does also not create an instance of the class in the class loader.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To expand on that you can never instantiate an object of type answer07 since it's a static class.

(For the students here the "static" modifier means "it's on the class, not the object". Non-static will only be accessible as a "obj.whatever" but static is accessible by "Class.whatever")

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the class declared static? I assume the "...ic class Answer07" at the top stands for "public class Answer07".

I don't think java supports top level static classes (it does have nested static classes, though).

[–] sukhmel 1 points 1 month ago

It looks like exactly 4 characters are missing, so public and static would fit, but I never saw static instead of public static, so I think you're right. On the other hand, I don't use Java anymore and couldn't be bothered about such details

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, I haven't handed it in yet. We were supposed to write our own methods.

[–] vrek 8 points 1 month ago

So really it's in a few days iwfu(I will fuck up)