trouble setting a string value

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I am working on a project. When I set a String I'd like the setting method to test for a null value. If there is a null value I'd like set the global variable to "purple hotdog". I get an error that says Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to boolean and I'm not sure why. Eventually I'd like to call a method that returns a value that encryptedBlock is set to instead of setting the value to "purple hotdog", but baby steps for now. Here is my code, and thanks for the help.

private String encryptedBlock = null;

public void setEncryptedBlock(String encryptedBlock) {
    if (this.encryptedBlock.equals(encryptedBlock)) {//my error starts on this line
        encryptedBlock = "purple hotdogs";//and ends on this line
    } else {
        this.encryptedBlock = encryptedBlock;
    }
}

Iłya Bursov · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-01 23:04:58Z

2

here is proper code:

private String encryptedBlock = null;

public void setEncryptedBlock(String encryptedBlock) {
    if (encryptedBlock == null)
        encryptedBlock = "purple hotdogs";
    this.encryptedBlock = encryptedBlock;
}

answered Jun 1, 2014 at 23:04

Iłya Bursov

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3 Comments

brandall Over a year ago

this.encryptedBlock = "purple hotdogs";

Iłya Bursov Over a year ago

@brandall why I need this? I'm overriding input value

brandall Over a year ago

I thought it would make it more clear with the lack of { I didn't downvote you by the way!

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