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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Brandon Jacobson
Brandon Jacobson
4,745 Points

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

Someone please help. I've copied and pasted every answer already given and I get this "super helpful" error "Bummer! Try again!"

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 String getDescription() {
    return mDescription;
  }

  public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description) {

  }
}
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 Forum(String topic) {
    mTopic = topic;
  }

  public String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }

  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
      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");
    User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Finished", "Awesome!");
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

2 Answers

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 Points

Hey there,

Looks like the only thing wrong with this is you forgot to set your private fields in the ForumPost constructor.

It should look something like this

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

I copied your classes in and once this was done it was running smooth.

Thanks, let me know if this doesn't help.

Brandon Jacobson
Brandon Jacobson
4,745 Points

Thank you so much!!!!! I've done a lot of code challenges but I think this one was poorly designed compared to the information we learned. When googling for the right answer I can tell I wasn't the only one struggling with the inconsistency between the material and the challenge.

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 Points

Hey Brandon,

Yes these challenges are definitely more challenging than the other ones I took. I remember when I got done with the challenge I felt lost, however after completing it and spending some time looking over the code we did in the examples it made sense. I could explain not only how we do something, but also why, I definitely understand how the challenges tend to ask a lot more than some others that I have taken, but to me at least, that made the accomplishment worth more.

Thanks, glad to hear it helped.

I had same question for last take. gonna try it, thx!