I have this method:
public String addBuddy(String buddyName, HashMap userList)
{
if(buddyList.contains(buddyName))
statusMessage = "Buddy already in list";
else if (!userList.containsKey(buddyName))
statusMessage = "No such user on server";
else
buddyList.add(buddyName);
statusMessage = "Buddy added";
return (statusMessage);
}
When I call this in my main how would i display the statusMessage? statusMessage is declared so that's not the problem
In my main I'm calling:
if (option == 3)
{
System.out.println("enter user name: ");
String buddyName = a.nextLine();
server.userList.get(user).addBuddy(buddyName, server.userList);
}
Thanks for the help