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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

I get this error in the test but not on my local IDE java.lang.NullPointerException (Look around Prompter.java line 85)

This one is stumping me.

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

        import java.io.IOException;




public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // write your code here
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        String story ="Thanks __name__ for helping me out.  You are really a __adjective__ __noun__ and I owe you a __noun__.";

        try {
            story = prompter.promptForTemplate();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        //String story = "Thanks __name__ for helping me out.  You are really a __adjective__ __noun__ and I owe you a __noun__.";
        Template template = new Template(story);
        prompter.run(template);


    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
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 static BufferedReader mRead;

    private static Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        loadCensoredWords();

    }

    @SuppressWarnings("Since15")
    private static 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();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public static void run(Template template) {
        List<String> results;

            results = promptForWords(template);

        String outPut = template.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", outPut);

    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl)  {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
        String word;
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            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 static String promptForWord(String phrase)  {
        int wordComp = 0;
        mRead = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String wordI = null;
        do {
            System.out.printf("Please fill in a %s :", phrase);
            try {
                wordI = mRead.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            for (String comp : mCensoredWords) {
                wordComp = wordI.compareToIgnoreCase(comp);
                if (wordComp == 0) {
                    System.out.println("censored word");
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (wordI.compareToIgnoreCase("")==0 ){wordComp =0;}
        } while (wordComp == 0);
        return wordI;

    }

    public static String promptForTemplate() throws IOException {
        mRead = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String wordII;
        System.out.println("Please fill out a template :");
        wordII = mRead.readLine();
            return wordII;

    }
}
pseudo-tests.md
#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a new string template (the one with the double underscores in it).

  a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

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

4 Answers

Mike Brooks
Mike Brooks
3,389 Points

Couldn't you add a print statement or debug breakpoint right before line 85 and show what is in wordI and comp and that would tell you where the null pointer was coming from.

correction &s was supposed to be %s. wordI = null and comp = jerkjava.lang.NullPointerException

I did that and all I get is wordI = (my input) and comp = (a word from censored_words.txt)

Is it something to do with how it is being tested? or should I try a different method for comparing?

wordI = null and comp = &sjava.lang.NullPointerException

This is what the test gives me online.