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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

Harrison Cassedy
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Harrison Cassedy
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Task 4 of java objects

I am trying to use the args 0-1 but for some reason it is not implementing it

Error Message:

Are you sure you used the arguments passed in from the main method in Main.java? args[0] is the firstName and args[1] should be the last name

Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String topic;

  public Forum (String topic) 
  {
    this.topic = topic; 
  }

  public String getTopic() {
    return topic;
  }
  public void addPost (ForumPost post) {
}
}
User.java
public class User {
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;

  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    this.firstName = firstName; 
    this.lastName = lastName; 
  }

  public String getFirstName(){
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName(){
    return lastName;
  }

}
ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User author;
  private String title;
  private String description;

   public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description)  {
      this.author = author;
      this.title = title;
      this.description = description;
    }

  public User getAuthor() {
    return author;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return title;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}
Main.java
public class Main {

  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(args[0], args[1]);
    // Add the author, title and description
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, args[0], args[1]);
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}