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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Exploring the Java Collection Framework Maps

Posted by Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

Hash Map Question

Hello, Im wondering why this won't compile. Please provide some notes as to what I've done wrong and how i can create a application with these requirements in the future.

Thanks

com/example/BlogPost.java 
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;
  }
}
com/example/Blog.java 
package com.example;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

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> authors = new TreeSet<>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {
      authors.add(post.getAuthor());
    }
    return authors;
  }
}

2 Answers

Benjamin Deollos
Benjamin Deollos
2,097 Points
Benjamin Deollos
Benjamin Deollos
2,097 Points

It seems though you are missing the type of data that is going to be stored into your treeset

package com.example;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.Set;

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> authors = new TreeSet<String>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {
      authors.add(post.getAuthor());
    }
    return authors;
  }
}
Chris Gauthier
PLUS
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points
Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

One question, tho :

How do i get the count out of the map without actually filling in the map first?

ie) this code loops through the list posts and gets the author of each post:

public HashMap<String,Integer> getCategoryCounts() { Map<String><Integer> hashCounts = new HashMap<String><Integer>(); for (BlogPost post : mPosts) { String author = post.getAuthor();

}

However, I don't have the map yet, so i can't start looping over the map and incrementing the count of how many instances exist.

That might get me unstuck.

Thanks Chris