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Create a string method that takes in a string argument

I'm trying to create a String Method that will take in a String as an argument. I am also creating another method that will return the value of that method anytime. I thought this was the correct way to do it.

 public String ProvidedDate (String providedDate) {
        String endDate = new String();
        endDate = providedDate;

    }

    public String EndDate() {
        return endDate;
    }

This is apex on Salesforce btw but it's basically Java. It gives me an error saying "Type cannot be constructed:String". Any ideas where I"m going wrong?

Solution

  • I suspect it's complaining about the

    String endDate = new String();

    You don't really need to do that. Just make it

    String endDate = providedDate;

    and you'll be good to go. In general (in Apex but also in C# and Java) you don't usually need to explicitly construct String objects.