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Start your free trialChristopher Mlalazi
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,305 PointsAm stuck: Are you sure you used the arguments passed in from the main method in Main.java? args[0] is the firstName and
Am on 4/4 of this exercises and I have tried everything on Main.java and failed and keep getting this error message: Are you sure you used the arguments passed in from the main method in Main.java? args[0] is the firstName and args[1] should be the last name?
Where am I going wrong? I thought I was on the right track!
public class Forum {
private String topic;
// TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic
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()
);
}
}
public class User {
// TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
public User(String mFirstName, String mLastName) {
// 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;
}
}
public class ForumPost {
private User author;
private String title;
private String description;
// TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description
ForumPost(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;
}
}
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
User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);
// TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Programming", "Fundamentals");
forum.addPost(post);
}
}
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Christopher,
The original user constructor looked like this:
public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
But you changed the parameter names to mFirstName
and mLastName
This means the name fields aren't getting updated with what is passed in.
Christopher Mlalazi
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,305 PointsThanks Jason don't know how I overlooked that. It's worked!