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Brian Hache
7,611 PointsOK guys...BUMMER: TreeStory(3)...adding to the pile. (sorry)
Ive been up and down this area of the forums for hours looking for a solution, but now its time to hand it over and hope someone can help. Just like a lot of people before me, Ive been having trouble with the third parameter for finishing TreeStory. I can see in the preview that the final story does actually get printed.
Looks like its not actually a problem with the output, and the error i'm getting is misleading. But it is hard to figure out when it runs well in IntelliJ.
on the upside, frustrating times like this sure do seem to help the learning process....in the end....please help me XD
package com.teamtreehouse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// write your code here
Prompter prompt = new Prompter();
String story = prompt.promptForTemplate();
Template tmpl = new Template(story);
prompt.run(tmpl);
}
}
package com.teamtreehouse;
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.*;
public class Prompter {
private BufferedReader mReader;
private Set<String> mCensoredWords;
public Prompter() {
mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
loadCensoredWords();
}
private void loadCensoredWords() {
mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
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 void run(Template tmpl) {
List<String> results = null;
try {
results = promptForWords(tmpl);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);
}
System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", tmpl.render(results));
}
/**
* Prompts user for each of the blanks
*
* @param tmpl The compiled template
* @return
* @throws IOException
*/
public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
String word = promptForWord(phrase);
if (word == null){
words.add(" ");
}else{
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 String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException{
System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String response = null;
response = reader.readLine();
while(response == null | mCensoredWords.contains(response)) {
if (mCensoredWords.contains(response)){
System.out.println("That....is naughty. try again. be good.");
response = reader.readLine();
}else{
break;
}
}
System.out.printf("%n");
return response;
}
public String promptForTemplate() {
System.out.println("Please enter your story, with blanks as descriptive words such as 'name' or 'noun' surrounded by '__' .");
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String temp = null;
try {
temp = reader.readLine();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return temp;
}
}
# 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
1 Answer
Brian Hache
7,611 PointsOK figured it out. might as well share.
I didnt realise I could use the mReader object in all of my methods that require input from the user. I was creating new BufferedReader objects for promptForWord and promptForTemplate. Which WORKS FINE in IntelliJ but its just...not....gooood enough for Craig ;-)