返回布尔值的方法

Question

Okay, so my question is regarding boolean returns. For my Comp Sci homework, I have to make a course registration program using methods, and one of them is an add course method. Basically, you search for the class in a catalog, and if it matches you add it to the students schedule and return a boolean value of true. I did this, but for some reason it is giving me an error. Here is the code:

public static boolean addCourse(
    Course[] catalog,
    Course[] mySchedule,
    int myNumCourses,
    int dept,
    int courseNum)
{
    int j;
    int i;
    int k;
    int deptCat;
    int courseNumCat;
    Course courseAdd = null;
    char checkDay;
    int checkTime;



    if (mySchedule.length == myNumCourses) {
        return false;
    }
        for (i = 0 ; i < catalog.length ; i++) {
            Course course = catalog[i];
            deptCat = course.getDepartment();
            courseNumCat = course.getCourseNumber();
            if (deptCat == dept && courseNumCat == courseNum) {
                courseAdd = catalog[i];
                break;
            }
            else continue; }
        for (j = 0 ; j < myNumCourses ; j++) {
            if (mySchedule[j] == null) {
                mySchedule[j] = courseAdd;
                return true;
                }
                else continue;
                }

    for (k = 0 ; k < mySchedule.length ; k++) {
        Course course = mySchedule[k];
        if (course != null) {
            checkDay = course.getDay();
            checkTime = course.getPeriod();
            if (checkDay == courseAdd.getDay() && checkTime == courseAdd.getPeriod()) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        else continue;

    }







}

Why doesn't it recognize the boolean return values? Is it because I placed them inside a loop?

Answer 1

You need to place a return -statement at the end of your method, even if you might know it will never be reached (the compiler is not smart enough to know that, which explains the error).

For instance, even this will not compile:

public static boolean foo() {
    if (true)
        return true;
}

unless we add a final return statement. What you have is analogous.

Answer 2

There is nothing wrong with putting your return values in loops, however, the compiler sees no guarantee that this method will return a value and thus raises an error. At the very end of the method you need to return either true or false, whichever is most appropriate. All of your returns are within conditionals and therefor could fail to execute leaving your function with no return statement.

Answer 3

You must explicitly return a boolean(true/false) in ALL code path.Because your function's return type is "boolean".

In your case,you must add a return statement after the last loop.

If you don't want to write to many "return xx" statement,you can change the return type of this function to "void".And throw Exception in the false cases.

Answer 4

I think there is a problem with the last loop. If the condition for returning false is never met, it continues until it get to the end of the schedule, without returning anything. If you were to add a return at the end of the method this loop could fall through to it. Did you mean to return true after the loop, if no 'return false' is executed?

    for (k = 0; k < mySchedule.length; k++) {
      Course course = mySchedule[k];
      if (course != null) {
        checkDay = course.getDay();
        checkTime = course.getPeriod();
        if (checkDay == courseAdd.getDay()
            && checkTime == courseAdd.getPeriod()) {
          return false;
        }
      } else
        continue;
    }

Answer 5

无论您在何处使用if语句，可能的else必须返回，否则流程必须转到另一个return。ELSE缺少return。