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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Kiran Varma
Kiran Varma
2,861 Points

Looks like i am passing wrong parameters, not sure what is wrong...

Looks like i am passing wrong parameters to the constructor, not sure what is wrong...could someone please check..

Thanks

ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mDescription;

  public ForumPost (User author, String title, String description) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mDescription = description;
  }

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return mDescription; 
  }
  // TODO: We need to expose the description
}
User.java
public class User {

  private String mFirstName;
  private String mLastName;

  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO:  Set the private fields here
    mFirstName = firstName;
    mLastName = lastName;
  }

  public String getFirstName() {
    return mFirstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return mLastName; 
  }

}
Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String mTopic;

  public Forum (String topic) {
     mTopic = topic;
  }

  public String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }

  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {

      System.out.printf("New post from %s %s about %s.\n",
                         post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
                         post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
                         post.getTitle());

  }
}
Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Starting forum example...");
    if (args.length < 2) {
       System.out.println("first and last name are required. eg:  java Example Craig Dennis");
    }
    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    //Take the first two elements passed args
    User author = new User("Craig", "Dennis");
    //Add the author, title and description
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "title","desc");
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

1 Answer

Kiran Varma
Kiran Varma
2,861 Points

I figured out the answer now...

In example class, i was using wrong parameters for User.

Wrong: User author = new User("Craig", "Dennis");

Correct: User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

That's it. Hope it helps someone..

Loris D'Antonio
Loris D'Antonio
Courses Plus Student 10,155 Points

Glad to see that you have figured it out by yourself

Good job ;)