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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Dan Jones
Dan Jones
7,899 Points

Challenge task 4 of 4 in wrapping up java.lang.NullPointerException (Look around Forum.java line 15)

OK, i'm stuck here. I'm past all the compile errors, but now it fails when it runs. Any ideas?

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

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

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return mDescription;
  }

  // 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");
    }
     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, "Ya", "hoo");
     forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

2 Answers

In ForumPost's constructor, assignment statement to initialize 'mAuthor' is missing. So, you can add the assignment statement as below:

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

Dan Jones
Dan Jones
7,899 Points

Wow! that nailed it. Thank you so much. I guess I need to get a little more sleep.

You are welcome :)