Java — Must return type boolean (But I am returning true or false)

Question

public class CodingBat {
public static void main(String[] args){
    CodingBat object = new CodingBat();
    System.out.print(object.parrotTrouble(true,20));
}
public boolean parrotTrouble(boolean talking, int hour) {
    if(talking == false){
        return false;
        }
        else if(hour > 7 || hour >20){
            return true;
            }
    }

}

I am confused, why I am getting an error where the public method parrotTrouble is underlined saying it must return a boolean, which I currently have?

Answer 1

Compiler says you need to return some value since your method return type is boolean .

You have returned false in If condition , and return true in else if condition .

you need to return something outside of if/else if as well.

something as below, as per comments from @Andreas, code can be reduced to below

Original as per OP

public boolean parrotTrouble(boolean talking, int hour) {
        if (talking == false) {
            return false;
        } else if (hour > 7 || hour > 20) {
            return true;
        }
        return booleanValue; // can be true/false as per your logic
    }

Edit

public boolean parrotTrouble(boolean talking, int hour) {
        return (talking && (hour > 7 || hour > 20));
    }

As pointed by @Codebender, wither use if else condition , then no need to return boolean value at the last, but if you are using if - else if you have to return boolean value at the last. As compiler is also not sure that it will go in one of the conditions surely.

Answer 2

public boolean parrotTrouble(boolean talking, int hour) {
    boolean answer = false;
    if(talking == false){
        answer = false;
        }
        else if(hour < 7 || hour >20){
            answer = true;
            }
    return answer;
    }

Thank you for your help, I changed my code to this and it worked correctly and answered the question <3