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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Brian Maimone
PLUS
Brian Maimone
Courses Plus Student 1,644 Points

Don't see why my Forum constructor is not getting recognized?

Keep getting did you add constructor to take a string and set it equal to mTopic. It's the last three lines of code. Thanks.

public class Forum { private String mTopic;

Forum forum = new Forum("Brian M", "Cool Breeze", "Chat Session");

String userauthor; String title; String description;

// public String Author(String FirstName, String LastName);

public Forum (String userAuthor, String Title, String Description) {
  userauthor = userAuthor;
  title = Title;
  description = Description; }

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()); */ //Forum topik = new Forum("JAVA"); public Forum (String topic) { mTopic = topic; }

}

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

  Forum forum = new Forum("Brian M", "Cool Breeze", "Chat Session");

  String userauthor;
  String title;
  String description;

  // public String Author(String FirstName, String LastName); 

    public Forum (String userAuthor, String Title, String Description) {
      userauthor = userAuthor;
      title = Title;
      description = Description; }

  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());
      */
   //Forum topik = new Forum("JAVA");
   public Forum (String topic) {
    mTopic = topic; }   

  }
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();
    // Add the author, title and description
    // ForumPost post = new ForumPost();
    // forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

1 Answer

Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

Because of the formatting issues here is the code you start with:

public class Forum {
  private String mTopic;

  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());
      */
  }
}

All we need to do here is add a constructor for the Forum that sets the mTopic member variable. It should look something like this

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