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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

HELP! stuck on local environment challenge

Does anyone know why my code isn't passing, I'v been stuck on this for a while now and don't know why. Its telling me to remove all the TODOs from the code and I have, But still want pass. Any Suggestions?

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    // write your code here
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        Template tmpl = prompter.promptForTemplate();
        prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
// After you've completed the TODOs locally paste Prompter.java here
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;
        results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        String mResults = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", mResults);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) {
        String answer = "";
        do {
            System.out.println(phrase);
            System.out.print("Fill in the blank: ");
            try {
                answer = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }
        } while (mCensoredWords.contains(answer) || answer.equals(""));
        return answer;
    }

    public Template promptForTemplate() {
        String temp = "";
        System.out.print("Write out your template: ");
        try {
            mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.print(e.getMessage());
        }
        return new Template(temp);
    }
}
pseudo-tests.md
#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a new string template (the one with the double underscores in it).

  a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

2.  The user is then prompted for each word that has been double underscored.

   a. The answer is checked to see if it is contained in the censored words.
      User is continually prompted until they enter a valid word

3.  The user is presented with the completed story

I had this same problem. Removing the word TODO from the files completely resolved it.

1 Answer

Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points

It may seem silly, but on the off chance the auto-grader just searches the document for the word "TODO" then the comment at the top could be tripping you up.

Not sure if that's it though.

That wasn't it, but thanks for the suggestion