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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

Steven Morimoto
PLUS
Steven Morimoto
Courses Plus Student 1,836 Points

I have most of this program figured out. But I'm not sure how to pass in the User object on line 19 of the Main class?

How do I pass in the User object in line 19? I know how to do it for the two Strings, but for some reason, I've been unable to figure out how to do it for User.

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)
  {
    this.topic = topic;
  }
  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
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
  }

  public String getFirstName()
  {
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName()
  {
    return lastName;
  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and 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(User author, String title, String description)
  {
    this.author = author;
    this.title = title;
    this.description = description;
  }

  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("Steve", "Austin");

    author.getFirstName();
    author.getLastName();
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(User, args[1], args[2]);
    this.firstName = firstName;
    forum.addPost(post);

// */
  }

}

2 Answers

Carlos Vallejo
Carlos Vallejo
11,821 Points

Hi Steven the error is in the Main.java file.

// TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter User author = new User("Steve", "Austin");

Here you are hardcoding the firstName and lastName, you have to take it from Console input, in this case would be:

// TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

thus you don't need to use the below methods

author.getFirstName(); author.getLastName();

Now in the second TODO

// TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice ForumPost post = new ForumPost(User, args[1], args[2]); this.firstName = firstName;

Here you have to pass the User created in this case author variable, and title and description can be hardcoding. Also you can not call firstName variable member from User class because this is private. Thus you code should be:

// TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "title", "description");