public class playerType { private static playerType playertype; private String firstname, lastname,middlename; private playerType ( String firstname, String lastname, String middlename) { this.firstname = firstname; this. middlename = middlename; this. lastname = lastname; } public static playerType getInstance (String firstname, String lastname, String middlename){ if (playertype= null){ playertype = new playerType( firstname,middlename,lastname ); return playertype; }

} }

ERROR

Compilation failed warning/error

main.java:14: error: incompatible types: playerType cannot be converted to boolean

if (playertype=null){}