java.lang.NullPointerException on the eclipe IDE

Hi, could you post the code you're working with? It'll help us help you. :-)

This is the function for the hagman game of the Java course (I thought the question would be posted there under the video). The concerned line is :

String guessAsString = console.readLine("Enter a Letter: ");

   public boolean promptForGuess(){
    Console console = System.console();
    boolean isHit = false;
    boolean isValideGuess = false;
    while(! isValideGuess){
    String guessAsString = console.readLine("Enter a Letter: ");
    char guess = guessAsString.charAt(0);
    try {
    isHit  = mGame.applyGuess(guess);
        isValideGuess = true;
      }catch(IllegalArgumentException iae){
        console.printf(iae.getMessage() + " Pleae try again.\n");
      }
    }
    return isHit;
  }

Thanks for posting the code. Do you recall what course and video this was in? I recall going through this, but for some reason I can't find the challenge/task on the course.

Sorry for my late answer (time zone difference). The code is from the Java Object Course, I believe it is the last part of it.

No worries. I wasn't able to recreate the NullPointerException though, and when I put your code in the workspace for [1] it worked as it should.

If possible, could you post your entire prompter class? (Prompter.java)

Found the vids:

So the prompter class that you seem to be working with is here [1], around 7-8 minutes he adds more to it.

But here [2] at 2-3 minutes he begins to refactor the code and fixes a bug.

[1] https://teamtreehouse.com/library/java-objects/delivering-the-mvp/validation

[2] https://teamtreehouse.com/library/java-objects/delivering-the-mvp/refactoring

Thanks for the answer ! The code worked for e just fine, my problem wads when I tried to run it in eclipse IDE not the workspace