How to return boolean true and false

[Twinmania]

Hey guys, i am currently studying a uni course, i need this method to take no parameters and returns true if the "room" is available and false if not. Room is available if its guest is an empty string.

Been trying to work it for days and no clue, any advise? I need to work it out on my own but some knowledge from an person on the outside could be a great help!

public boolean isAvailable(String guest) {
if (guest) {
return (true);
}
else {
return(false);
}

 

[AngleWyrm]

Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to boolean Java(16777233)

You should be using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as VS Code.

 

[MeMate]

JAVA is a strict language. Strings are Strings. They can't be BOOLEAN. Your parameter "guest" is typed as string. So use String methods. if(guest) is a BOOLEAN method.

 

[Twinmania]

Thank you both, i think i have fixed the issue!