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Start your free trialJustin Barrett
27,345 Pointserror: no suitable method found for addAll(String)
Stuck. I get this far, it makes sense mostly, then boom....I get this error and can't figure out how to fix it. Exact error:
./com/example/Blog.java:20: error: no suitable method found for addAll(String) allAuthors.addAll(mPosts.getAuthor()); ^ method Collection.addAll(Collection) is not applicable (argument mismatch; String cannot be converted to Collection) method Set.addAll(Collection) is not applicable (argument mismatch; String cannot be converted to Collection) Note: JavaTester.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 1 error
package com.example;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
public class BlogPost implements Comparable<BlogPost>, Serializable {
private String mAuthor;
private String mTitle;
private String mBody;
private String mCategory;
private Date mCreationDate;
public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
mAuthor = author;
mTitle = title;
mBody = body;
mCategory = category;
mCreationDate = creationDate;
}
public int compareTo(BlogPost other) {
if (equals(other)) {
return 0;
}
return mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate);
}
public String[] getWords() {
return mBody.split("\\s+");
}
public List<String> getExternalLinks() {
List<String> links = new ArrayList<String>();
for (String word : getWords()) {
if (word.startsWith("http")) {
links.add(word);
}
}
return links;
}
public String getAuthor() {
return mAuthor;
}
public String getTitle() {
return mTitle;
}
public String getBody() {
return mBody;
}
public String getCategory() {
return mCategory;
}
public Date getCreationDate() {
return mCreationDate;
}
}
package com.example;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Blog {
List<BlogPost> mPosts;
public Blog(List<BlogPost> posts) {
mPosts = posts;
}
public List<BlogPost> getPosts() {
return mPosts;
}
public Set<String> getAllAuthors() {
Set<String> allAuthors = new TreeSet<String>();
for (BlogPost mPosts : mPosts) {
allAuthors.addAll(mPosts.getAuthor());
} return allAuthors;
}
}
2 Answers
jcorum
71,830 PointsYou don't need to use addAll(). If you get individual posts in the loop, then you can get the author of each post:
public Set<String> getAllAuthors() {
Set<String> authors = new TreeSet<>();
for (BlogPost p : mPosts) {
authors.add(p.getAuthor());
}
return authors;
}
Joshua Blasbalg
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,583 PointsVery late on this thread but i was stuck here as well, thanks for the help!
Justin Barrett
27,345 PointsJustin Barrett
27,345 Pointssimple and fixed. Thank you!
Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay
1,772 PointsSoumyadeep Mukhopadhyay
1,772 PointsThank you for your help, I had also encountered the same problem @jcorum.