can constructors actually return Strings?
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Hi all,
I have a class called ArionFileExtractor in a .java file of the same name.
public class ArionFileExtractor {
public String ArionFileExtractor (String fName, String startText, String endText) {
String afExtract = "";
// Extract string from fName into afExtract in code I won't show here
return afExtract;
}
However, when I try to invoke ArionFileExtractor in another .java file, as follows:
String afe = ArionFileExtractor("gibberish.txt", "foo", "/foo");
NetBeans informs me that there are incompatible types and that java.lang.String is required. But I coded ArionFileExtractor to return the standard string type, which is java.lang.string.
I am wondering, can my ArionFileExtractor constructor legally return a String?
I very much appreciate any tips or pointers on what I'm doing wrong here.
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