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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

how can I pass User author into constructer

user author

Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String topic;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic
  public Forum(String topic){
    topic = "abhilasha";
  }

  public String getTopic() {
    return topic;
  }


  /* Uncomment this when you are prompted to do so
  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
    System.out.printf("A new post in %s topic from %s %s about %s is available",
            topic,
            post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
            post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
            post.getTitle()
    );
  }
  */

}
User.java
public class User {
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
 private String firstName;
 private String lastName;
  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO: set and add the private fields
   firstName = "Abhilasha";
   lastName ="Jangid"; 
  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and lastName
public String getFirstName(){
  return firstName;
} 
  public String getLastName(){
  return lastName;
} 
}
ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User author;
  private String title;
  private String description;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description
  public ForumPost(String){
  User author = "teena";
    title = "sweryfh";
    description = "tukenth";
  }

  public User getAuthor() {
    return author;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return title;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}
Main.java
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Beginning forum example");
    if (args.length < 2) {
      System.out.println("Usage: java Main <first name> <last name>");
      System.err.println("<first name> and <last name> are required");
      System.exit(1);
    }
    /* Uncomment this when prompted
    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter
    User author = new User();
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost();
    forum.addPost(post);

// */
  }

}

1 Answer

Hi there,

The constructor for User receives two strings as parameters. These are assigned to the member variables inside the constructor method.

So, inside the Usder class, you have this:

public class User {
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
 private String firstName;
 private String lastName;
  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO: set and add the private fields

  }

The comment gives a hint as to what to do. There's two private member variables at the top of the class which match the parameters received by the constructor. So, join them up! Assign the parameter into this.firstName; do the same with the other, and that's it done.

We don't want to hard-code strings into the constructor as we want to be able to create different User objects with different names.

Make sense?

Steve.

P.S. You need to do similar in the ForumPost constructor too - no hard-coding; just use parameters to set the member variables.