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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Refactoring

Carlos Quevedo
Carlos Quevedo
5,911 Points

Error in Task editor but not in IntelliJ

My code runs just fine in IntelliJ but when I copy and paste it in to the editor, I get the following error:

"./com/teamtreehouse/KaraokeMachine.java:65: error: incompatible types: Song cannot be converted to String SongRequest songRequest = new SongRequest(artistSong, singerName);"

Here's the specified line of code (I followed the video to the letter, I believe but we'll see):

SongRequest songRequest = new SongRequest(artistSong, singerName);

Anyone have any thoughts? Let me know if you need any more info.

com/teamtreehouse/KaraokeMachine.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import com.teamtreehouse.model.Song;
import com.teamtreehouse.model.SongBook;
import com.teamtreehouse.model.SongRequest;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Queue;


public class KaraokeMachine {
  private SongBook mSongBook;
  private BufferedReader mReader;
  private Queue<SongRequest> mSongRequestQueue;

  private Map<String, String> mMenu;

  public KaraokeMachine(SongBook songBook) {
    mSongBook = songBook;
    mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    mSongRequestQueue = new ArrayDeque<>();
    mMenu = new HashMap<String, String>();
    mMenu.put("add", "Add a new song to the song book");
    mMenu.put("play", "Play next song in the queue");
    mMenu.put("choose", "Choose a song to sing!");
    mMenu.put("quit", "Give up.  Exit the program");
  }

  private String promptAction() throws IOException {
    System.out.printf("There are %d songs available and %d in the queue.  Your options are: %n",
                     mSongBook.getSongCount(),
                     mSongRequestQueue.size());
    for (Map.Entry<String, String> option : mMenu.entrySet()) {
      System.out.printf("%s - %s %n",
                        option.getKey(),
                        option.getValue());
    }
    System.out.print("What do you want to do:  ");
    String choice = mReader.readLine();
    return choice.trim().toLowerCase();
  }

  public void run() {
    String choice = "";
    do {
      try {
        choice = promptAction();
        switch(choice) {
          case "add":
            Song song = promptNewSong();
            mSongBook.addSong(song);
            System.out.printf("%s added!  %n%n", song);
            break;
          case "choose":
            String singerName = promptForSingerName();
            String artist = promptArtist();
            Song artistSong = promptSongForArtist(artist);
              SongRequest songRequest = new SongRequest(artistSong, singerName);
              mSongRequestQueue.add(songRequest);
              if (mSongRequestQueue.contains(songRequest)) {
                  System.out.printf("%n%n%n Whoops %s already requested %s!", singerName, artistSong);
                  break;
              }
            System.out.printf("You chose:  %s %n", artistSong);
            break;
          case "play":
            playNext();
            break;
          case "quit":
            System.out.println("Thanks for playing!");
            break;
          default:
            System.out.printf("Unknown choice:  '%s'. Try again.  %n%n%n",
                             choice);
        }
      } catch(IOException ioe) {
        System.out.println("Problem with input");
        ioe.printStackTrace();
      }
    } while(!choice.equals("quit"));
  }

  private String promptForSingerName() throws IOException {
    System.out.println("Enter the singer's name: ");
    return mReader.readLine();
  }

  private Song promptNewSong() throws IOException {
    System.out.print("Enter the artist's name:  ");
    String artist = mReader.readLine();
    System.out.print("Enter the title:  ");
    String title = mReader.readLine();
    System.out.print("Enter the video URL:  ");
    String videoUrl = mReader.readLine();
    return new Song(artist, title, videoUrl);
  }

  private String promptArtist() throws IOException {
    System.out.println("Available artists:");
    List<String> artists = new ArrayList<>(mSongBook.getArtists());
    int index = promptForIndex(artists);
    return artists.get(index);
  }

  private Song promptSongForArtist(String artist) throws IOException {
    List<Song> songs = mSongBook.getSongsForArtist(artist);
    List<String> songTitles = new ArrayList<>();
    for (Song song : songs) {
      songTitles.add(song.getTitle());
    }
    System.out.printf("Available songs for %s: %n", artist);
    int index = promptForIndex(songTitles);
    return songs.get(index);
  }

  private int promptForIndex(List<String> options) throws IOException {
    int counter = 1;
    for (String option : options) {
      System.out.printf("%d.)  %s %n", counter, option);
      counter++;
    }
    System.out.print("Your choice:   ");
    String optionAsString = mReader.readLine();
    int choice = Integer.parseInt(optionAsString.trim());
    return choice - 1;
  }

  public void playNext() {
    SongRequest songRequest = mSongRequestQueue.poll();
    if (songRequest == null) {
      System.out.println("Sorry there are no songs in the queue." +
                         "  Use choose from the menu to add some");
    } else {
      Song song = songRequest.getSong();
      System.out.printf("%n%n%n Ready %s? Open %s to hear %s by %s %n%n%n",
                        song.getVideoUrl(),
                        song.getTitle(),
                        song.getArtist());
    }
  }







}