Thread: New to java.....

All I'm doing is extending a critter class of a 2D game. I managed to get the movement of the critters to work, however, I feel as though this method could be written more "cleanly". Any input or advice to help my progression of the java language would be grateful.

//

 public Direction getMove() {	
		this.northCount++;	
		Direction[] values = Direction.values();
		Direction directionValues = values[0];
 
		if(northCount > 5){
			directionValues = values[2];
			this.eastCount++;
		}
 
		if(eastCount > 5){
			directionValues = values[1];  
			this.southCount++;
		}
 
		if(southCount > 5){
			directionValues = values[3];
			this.westCount++;
		}
 
		if(westCount > 5){
			this.northCount = 1;
			this.eastCount = 1;
			this.southCount = 1;
			this.westCount = 2;
		}
 
		return directionValues;
	}
//

We have no idea what your code is supposed to actually do, so we can't really critique it. And what do you find "unclean" about your code? Does it work? Does it do what you expected? Then stop worrying.