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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Efficiency! Call Center Queue

Sahil Dhawan
Sahil Dhawan
1,536 Points

did you remember to call the assisit method ?

cant pass the test case . but it is working fine in the preview !

CallCenter.java
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.Queue;

public class CallCenter {
  Queue<CustomerSupportRep> mSupportReps;

  public CallCenter(Queue<CustomerSupportRep> queue) {
    mSupportReps = queue;
  }

  public void acceptCustomer(Customer customer) {
    CustomerSupportRep csr;
    /********************************************
     * TODO (1) 
     * Wait until there is an available rep in the queue.
     * While there is not one available, playHoldMusic
     * HINT: That while assignmentcheck loop syntax we used to 
      *      read files seems pretty similar
     ********************************************
     */
    while(mSupportReps == null)
    {
      playHoldMusic();
    }
    /********************************************
     * TODO (2) 
     * After we have assigned the rep, call the 
     * assist method and pass in the customer
     ********************************************
     */
    csr = new CustomerSupportRep("Treehouse");
    csr.assist(customer);

    /********************************************
     * TODO (3) 
     * Since the customer support rep is done with
     * assisting, put them back into the queue.
     ********************************************
     */
    mSupportReps.add(csr);

  }

  public void playHoldMusic() {
    System.out.println("Smooooooth Operator.....");
  }

}
CustomerSupportRep.java
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class CustomerSupportRep {
  private String mName;
  private List<Customer> mAssistedCustomers;

  public CustomerSupportRep(String name) {
    mName = name;
    mAssistedCustomers = new ArrayList<Customer>();
  }

  public void assist(Customer customer) {
    System.out.printf("Hello %s, my name is %s, how can I assist you.%n",
                      customer.getName(),
                      mName);
    System.out.println("...");
    System.out.println("Is there anything else I can help you with?");
    mAssistedCustomers.add(customer);
  }

  public List<Customer> getAssistedCustomers() {
    return mAssistedCustomers;
  }

}
Customer.java
public class Customer {
  private String mName;

  public Customer(String name) {
    mName = name;
  }

  public String getName() {
    return mName;
  }

}

1 Answer

Hi Sahil,

Your error is how you've initialized the csr variable and in your while loop too, I think.

You play hold music when there's no mSupportReps in the queue. You can look at the queue without modifying it with the peek() method. So, the while loop looks at the queue and while the peek returns null, you play the hold music:

while(mSupportReps.peek() == null){
  playHoldMusic();
}

OK so far? The csr instance comes from the queue. When the above code doesn't return null then there's an instance of CustomerServiceRep in there. You can use the poll() method of the queue to get that instance out of the queue and into your csr variable, without creating a new one yourself:

csr = mSupportReps.poll();

I think the rest of your code is fine - I just noticed those two points.

I hope that helps.

Steve.