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Donna Norris
5,197 PointsInitialise the mFirstName field in the constructor?
It's asking "Have you initialised the mFirstName field in the constructor?"
Not sure how to do this...
public class ForumPost {
private User mAuthor;
private String mTitle;
private String mDescription;
public User getAuthor() {
return mAuthor;
}
public String getTitle() {
return mTitle;
}
// TODO: We need to expose the description
}
public class User {
private String mFirstName;
private String mLastName;
public String getFirstName(String firstName){
firstName=mFirstName;
return firstName;
}
public String getLastName(String lastName){
lastName=mLastName;
return lastName;
}
public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
// TODO: Set the private fields here
}
}
public class Forum {
private String mTopic;
public String getTopic() {
return mTopic;
}
public Forum (String topic){
mTopic=topic;
}
public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
/* When all is ready uncomment this...
System.out.printf("New post from %s %s about %s.\n",
post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
post.getTitle());
*/
}
}
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Starting forum example...");
if (args.length < 2) {
System.out.println("first and last name are required. eg: java Example Craig Dennis");
}
// Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
// Take the first two elements passed args
// User author = new User();
// Add the author, title and description
// ForumPost post = new ForumPost();
// forum.addPost(post);
}
}
1 Answer

Jordan Ernst
5,121 Pointspublic class User {
private String mFirstName; // member variables or also known as fields
private String mLastName;
public String getFirstName(String firstName){ // the constructor field has no return type
firstName=mFirstName;
return firstName; // return mFirstName instead
}
public String getLastName(String lastName){
lastName=mLastName;// actually not necessary you can simply return mLastName because of your constructor
return lastName; // return mLastName instead
}
public User(String firstName, String lastName) {// this would be your constructor so you need to build in here.
// TODO: Set the private fields here
mFirstName= firstName;
mLastName= lastName;
}
}