Boolean Return Value

[Mike Mattos]

public boolean isFull(){ //generally full
if(parcelIsFull() || hcparcelIsFull() || noSharingParcel())
return true;
}

I want to know why i get this error

missing return statement

I have the value written as 'true' boolean as the returning value.

[Shinelin Samuel]

Hi Mike,

In this code, Java does not know what to return if the condition fails.

You should have a return statement at the end of the method or inside else section.


Regards,
Shinelin

[fred rosenberger]

every execution path has to return the defined type. As the previous poster wrote, when your 'if' condition is false, the compiler doesn't know what to return.

you can fix it in several ways, the easiest being something like:

public boolean isFull()
{ //generally full
  if(parcelIsFull() || hcparcelIsFull() || noSharingParcel())
  {
     return true;
   }
  return false;
} 

[Jelle Klap]

Or simply:

public boolean isFull() { 
  return parcelIsFull() || hcparcelIsFull() || noSharingParcel();
}

[Darryl Burke]

Just another ingrate multiposter.
http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/26162-boolean-return-value.html#post107265
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread264035.html#
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5429967

And nary a word of thanks on any of the forums.

[Rob Spoor]

Mike, please Be Forthright When Cross Posting To Other Sites.