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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Error from JavaTester; no difficulties locally

JavaTester.java:76: error: unreported exception IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown Main.main(null);

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
  {
    String story = "Thanks __name__ for helping me out.  You are really a __adjective__ __noun__ and I owe you a __noun__.";

    Template tmpl = new Template(story);
    Prompter prompt = new Prompter();
    prompt.run(tmpl);
  }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public
    Prompter()
    {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void
    loadCensoredWords()
    {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {words = Files.readAllLines(file);}
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
      if(words != null){mCensoredWords.addAll(words);}
    }

    public void
    run(Template tmpl)
    {
      List<String> results;
      results = promptForWords(tmpl);
      System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", tmpl.render(results));
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return user responses to template prompts
     */
    public List<String>
    promptForWords(Template tmpl)
    {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders())
        {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String
    promptForWord(String phrase)
    {
      String response = null;
      do
      {
        System.out.printf("%s: ",phrase);
        try{response = mReader.readLine();}catch(IOException e)
        {
          System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for a word");
          e.printStackTrace();
          System.exit(0);
        }

      }while(response.isEmpty() && mCensoredWords.contains(response));
      return response;
    }
}
pseudo-tests.md
#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a string template (the one with the double underscores in it)

2.  The user is then prompted for each word that has been double underscored.

   a. The answer is checked to see if it is contained in the censored words.
      User is continually prompted until they enter a valid word

3.  The user is presented with the completed story

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Justin;

As Craig Dennis mentioned, this challenge wants those three tasks implemented and the checking engine is rather good at making sure we don't just spew out the default string text.

Make sure you are accepting input from the user. You can set it up so that if the user doesn't enter a string it defaults to something, say the example string, but it is looking for user input.

Post back if you are still stuck. There were some sticking points for me when I went through this, but I'm pretty sure I can assist if needed.

Happy coding,

Ken

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Try prompting for the story, not using the supplied one. Task #1.