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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

After you uncomment the code in Main.java and Forum.java, fix the code as described in the comments of Main.java.

I almost got the correct answers. But one small thing is that why does it shows an error.

Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String topic;
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic


  public Forum(String topic)
  {
    this.topic = topic;
  }
  public String getTopic() {
    return topic;
  }



  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
    System.out.printf("A new post in %s topic from %s %s about %s is available",
            topic,
            post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
            post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
            post.getTitle());
  }


}
User.java
public class User {
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;

  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO: set and add the private fields
     this.firstName = firstName;
     this.lastName = lastName;
  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and lastName
public String getFirstName(){
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName(){
    return lastName;
  }
}
ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User author;
  private String title;
  private String description;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description

  public Forum(User author, String title, String description){
    this.author = author;
    this.title = title;
    this.description = description;
  }
  public User getAuthor() {
    return author;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return title;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}
Main.java
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    System.out.println("Beginning forum example");
    if (args.length < 2) {
      System.out.println("Usage: java Main <first name> <last name>");
      System.err.println("<first name> and <last name> are required");
      System.exit(1);
    }

    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter
    String firstName = args[0];
    String lastName = args[1];
    User author = new User(firstName, lastName);
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice

    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Java is good", "Because is doing something new.");
    forum.addPost(post);

  }

}

2 Answers

In your ForumPost class line 8 : public Forum(User author, String title, String description) the constructor for this class must be named ForumPost as same as the class.

Thanks, now I will do that.