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Java

Posted by Conor Graham
Conor Graham
7,956 Points

Help with TODOs Java Challenge

Hi there, I am having problems with the last challenge which consists of the TODOs. The first TODO I am stuck on is :

//TODO:csd - Instantiate a new prompter object and prompt for the story template.

I was thinking of doing something like the following:

Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
//Instantiate object in main class

//Then in Prompter class create a method that will get the story such as:
public String promptForStory() {
   System.out.printf("Enter your story  Template:")
   String story = null;
   try {
      story = mReader.readLine();
   }
  catch(Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
  }
return story;
}

Would something like this be correct for the first TODO?

3 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

Yes, what you have there is pretty much what the TODO is asking for.

Conor Graham
Conor Graham
7,956 Points
Conor Graham
Conor Graham
7,956 Points

Hi Seth, perfect. Now the next TODO is:

        // TODO:csd - Print out the results that were gathered here by rendering the template

For this TODO I was thinking of doing:

  public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;
        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        // TODO:csd - Print out the results that were gathered here by rendering the template
        String finalResult = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", finalResult);
    }

Would this be correct?

Conor Graham
Conor Graham
7,956 Points
Conor Graham
Conor Graham
7,956 Points

Thanks for the plus 1 Craig. Just taking this step by step. The next TODO I am having trouble with is:

        // TODO:csd - Prompt the user for the response to the phrase, make sure the word is censored, loop until you get a good response.

For this, I have coded this function. Am I far away?

public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        System.out.printf("Enter your %s",phrase);
        String response = null;
        response = mReader.readLine();
        while (mCensoredWords.contains(response)) {
            System.out.printf("That is bad language.  Try again: ");
            response = mReader.readLine();
        }
        System.out.printf("Thanks for the response.");

        // TODO:csd - Prompt the user for the response to the phrase, make sure the word is censored, loop until you get a good     response.
        //Post this to forum
        return phrase;
    }