Prompter.java - Calling objects is confusing me!

Hey James,

I looked back at my code when I did this to rejog my memory and I remember how this was an awful struggle for me.

So right now we have a Game.java, Prompter.java, and a Hangman.java. The Game.java is contains the game class which has a answer, details, (im not sure how far youve got as I only have the completely finished code but basically that game class should have a bunch of methods and a bunch of other stuff).

When it says this:

public class Prompter {
      private Game mGame;
    }

      public Prompter(Game game) { //here we have to pass in a game object
        mGame = game;
      }

when we create a Prompter object, we have to pass in a game object as a paramenter. The capitalized Game is the data type and the lowercase game is just a variable that can be anything but this must be a game object This game object will basically have all the details of the game and the answer and the stuff i mentioned in the top. So we are basically putting that game object inside of your prompter object and storing it in a Game type object in what we called as mGame. now we can easily use that game object from within the Prompter object. I hope that made sense but it is a pretty difficult concept to grasp at first.

in this part:

boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();

it basically is basically telling the prompter object to run that promptForGuess() method and return a true or false and store it as isHit. i believe you created that prompter object in your main hangman.java file

since I only have the completed file and its completely different that what you have, im not sure what you have in your code at the moment and the specifics of your question. i hope this helped but you probably are still confused. if you have any lingering questions, please post the rest of your code so we can dive deeper and clear up anything. im happy to help!

Cheers!