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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

San Francisco
San Francisco
28,373 Points

Bummer! Try again...but does not show any errors to fix

Says Bummer! but not showing any errors to fix...

ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mDescription;

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return mDescription;
  }

  public ForumPost(User author, String title, String 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 String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }

  public Forum(String topic) {
   mTopic = topic;
  }

  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {

      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");
    }
    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // Take the first two elements passed args
    User author = new User("Kd", "Kimmer");
    // Add the author, title and description
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "It is Finished", "Thrilled");
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

2 Answers

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 Points

Hey there,

You're really close on this.

Try changing your

User author = new User("Kd", "Kimmer");

To

User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

Bascially what the challenge is wanting you to do is set up the author under the the main string args method, so that if we typed

:load example.java("Rob Bridges");

it would pass Rob as the 1st arg, and my last name or Bridges as the second arg.

Thanks, let me know if this helps or not.

San Francisco
San Francisco
28,373 Points

Hi Rob I tried but it did not work...I was excited though for a second...still the same bummer msg...

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 Points

Hey there, sorry went through your code again. Be sure to set your member variables in the public ForumPost as well, they should look like.

public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mDescription = description;
  }

Thanks, that should work out.

San Francisco
San Francisco
28,373 Points

Rob you are the man!!! Thanks :)