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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points

review question help

This is task 4/4 i cant seem to get the arguments for the post object. Please help

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 String getDescription(){
    return mDescription;
  }

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  // 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) {
    //   When all is ready uncomment this...
      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");
      System.exit(0);
    }
     Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // Take the first two elements passed args
     User author = new User(args[0],args[1]);
    // Add the author, title and description
     ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, forum.getTopic(), post.getDescription());
     forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

1 Answer

Christopher Augg
Christopher Augg
21,223 Points

Hasan,

You have this in the bag man. Just remember that since you are instantiating the post object, it has no description to get. Therefore, you just need to enter in some arbitrary description.

        ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, forum.getTopic(), "blah blah blah");

You can also enter in anything you want for the title as well and the test will pass because it is just looking for a String. When I completed this I just made up a title and description to pass with the author because I felt that a title is different than the topic. For example, a forum post could be setup like:

Topic: Java Title: Method Overloading Author: Hasan Nagaria Description: A discussion about overloading methods in Java and their uses.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Chris

Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points

Thanks a lot, these questions are really frustrating sometimes the way they are structured really frustrates me.