In this step, cast the Object passed to the compareTo method to a com.example.BlogPost. Check for equality first, if the

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I seriously cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong for this question. I've tried several different methods of input at the bottom but have no idea what's wrong. Previous video isn't helping much either. Any help is appreciated!

com/example/BlogPost.java

package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost implements Comparable {
  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 String[] getWords() {
    return mBody.split("\\s+");
  }

  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;
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Object obj) {
    this.obj = BlogPost;
    if(equals(Other))//Check for equality first
{
  return 0;
}
  return 1;
  }
}

Answer 1 · 2017-01-31T23:56:23Z

January 31, 2017 11:56pm

You say the previous video doesn't offer much help but it seems you might have skimmed through it a bit to quickly as the video shows you exactly how to solve this task. The code that was used in the previous video:

Treet other = (Treet) obj;
if (equals(other)) {
    return 0;
}

Shows exactly how to cast an object, the only thing you need to change about the code is the name of the object from Treet to BlogPost. Like this:

public int compareTo(Object obj) {
    BlogPost other = (BlogPost) obj;
    if(equals(other)) {
        return 0;
    }
    return 1;
}

You might want to rewatch the video one more time, casting objects is a pretty important concept in Java so having a good grasp on it will be somewhat important not just for this challenge but for when you become a professional programmer as well.

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