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Java Java Data Structures Exploring the Java Collection Framework ArrayLists

Michael Narvaez
Michael Narvaez
4,182 Points

Add a method that returns a list of Links.... Need help please ! I'm not sure where my error is...

I've checked multiple times....

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class BlogPost implements Comparable<BlogPost>, Serializable {
  private String mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mBody;
  private String mCategory;
  private Date mCreationDate;

  public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mBody = body;
    mCategory = category;
    mCreationDate = creationDate;
  }

  public int compareTo(BlogPost other) {
    if (equals(other)) {
      return 0;
    }
    return mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate);
  }

    public List<String> getWords() {
    String[] links = mBody.toLowerCase().split("\\s+");
    return Arrays.asList(links);

  }

    public List<String> getExternalLinks() {
      return getWordsPrefixedWith("http");
  }

  public List<String> getWordsPrefixedWith(String prefix) {
    List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String word : getWords()) {
      if (word.StartsWith(prefix)) {
        results.add(word);
      }
  }
    return results;
  }

  public String getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getBody() {
    return mBody;
  }

  public String getCategory() {
    return mCategory;
  }

  public Date getCreationDate() {
    return mCreationDate;
  }
}

2 Answers

warborn
warborn
7,116 Points

Hi! If you click the preview button it will show you whats going on, i've run your code and says: ./com/example/BlogPost.java:44: error: cannot find symbol if (word.StartsWith(prefix)) { ^ symbol: method StartsWith(String)

That means on line 44 was an error, the compiler cannot found the method "StartsWith", in the Java language is a convention to write methods starting with a lowercase, so the method real name is startsWith, correct that and your program will run correctly