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Java Java Data Structures Exploring the Java Collection Framework Sets

Justin Barrett
Justin Barrett
27,345 Points

error: no suitable method found for addAll(String)

Stuck. I get this far, it makes sense mostly, then boom....I get this error and can't figure out how to fix it. Exact error:

./com/example/Blog.java:20: error: no suitable method found for addAll(String) allAuthors.addAll(mPosts.getAuthor()); ^ method Collection.addAll(Collection) is not applicable (argument mismatch; String cannot be converted to Collection) method Set.addAll(Collection) is not applicable (argument mismatch; String cannot be converted to Collection) Note: JavaTester.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 1 error

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

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
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 String[] getWords() {
    return mBody.split("\\s+");
  }

  public List<String> getExternalLinks() {
    List<String> links = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String word : getWords()) {
      if (word.startsWith("http")) {
        links.add(word);
      }
    }
    return links;
  }

  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;
  }
}
com/example/Blog.java
package com.example;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Blog {
  List<BlogPost> mPosts;

  public Blog(List<BlogPost> posts) {
    mPosts = posts;
  }

  public List<BlogPost> getPosts() {
    return mPosts;
  }

  public Set<String> getAllAuthors() {
   Set<String> allAuthors = new TreeSet<String>();
    for (BlogPost mPosts : mPosts) {
      allAuthors.addAll(mPosts.getAuthor());
    } return allAuthors;


  }

}

2 Answers

You don't need to use addAll(). If you get individual posts in the loop, then you can get the author of each post:

  public Set<String> getAllAuthors() {
    Set<String> authors = new TreeSet<>();
    for (BlogPost p : mPosts) {
      authors.add(p.getAuthor());
    }
    return authors;
  }
Justin Barrett
Justin Barrett
27,345 Points

simple and fixed. Thank you!

Thank you for your help, I had also encountered the same problem @jcorum.

Very late on this thread but i was stuck here as well, thanks for the help!