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Java Java Data Structures Exploring the Java Collection Framework Sets

Hi guys , im working on Java Data structures ,but i dont exatly unterstand what should i do here . Can anyone help?

Java Sets

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

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.TreeSet;



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.List;

public class Blog {

  List<BlogPost> mPosts;

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


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



  }


}

2 Answers

Rares Conea
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Rares Conea
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Hi Eni,

In this challenge you must loop through the list defined in Blog, and for every object in it get the author and store it in a Set object. You should use a TreeSet because it will sort your Strings alphabetically on his own, you don't need to define a comparator to do that.

If what i said did not help you understand this challenge, here is the code for the method you should write, don't forget to add the proper imports for Set and TreeSet:

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i managed to get it fixed ,Thank u !