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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Challenge Task 4 of 4 Finally, uncomment the addPost method in Forum.java. Then for the last task, uncomment the m

Challenge Task 4 of 4

Finally, uncomment the addPost method in Forum.java. Then for the last task, uncomment the main method in Example.java fixing the bugs as you go to use the new working code.

For the forum post title and description, use that to shout out about how it feels to complete this challenge.

PS. You're amazing.


ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mDescription;

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }


  public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description){
    mAuthor = author;
     mTitle = title;
     mDescription =  description;
  }

  // TODO: We need to expose the description
  public String getDescription(){
    return mDescription;
  }

}
User.java
public class User {
  private String mFirstName;
  private String mLastName;

  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO:  Set the private fields here
    mFirstName = firstName;
    mLastName = lastName;
  }

  public String getFirstName(){
    return mFirstName;
  }

  public String getLastName(){
    return mLastName;
  }

}
Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String mTopic;

  public String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }

  Forum(String topic){
    mTopic = topic;
  }

  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
      //When all is ready uncomment this...
      System.out.printf("New post from %s %s about %s.\n",
                         post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
                         post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
                         post.getTitle());

  }
}
Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Starting forum example...");
    if (args.length < 2) {
       System.out.println("first and last name are required. eg:  java Example Craig Dennis");
    }
    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // Take the first two elements passed args
    User author = new User();
    // Add the author, title and description
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Isaiah", "awesome");
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}
Here is my error:
./Example.java:10: error: constructor User in class User cannot be applied to given types;
    User author = new User();
                  ^
  required: String,String
  found: no arguments
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
1 error
Thanks!! ISAIAH S

2 Answers

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Hey Isaiah!

Preemptive congratulations on finishing!

This is a very small fix, in your user argument, you want to tell it to pass in the value from your args array that is in the main method. What this does is let's say we tell the compiler to load our program called Example, in this case. We would type java Example("Rob Bridges")

This would pass in the "Rob" as the first argument and "Bridges" as the last argument, successfully giving us the title of the author who makes the post.

You can do this by

User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

That should cover this up. Let me know how it goes!

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Michael Q
Michael Q
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thank you for this post guys, i was stuck here for a good while!