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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Andrej Fokin
Andrej Fokin
2,057 Points

Please help me with this challenge, everything works but does not validate...

I don't know whats the problem, I've done everything the TODO told me to do, but I still get errors.... Something about the Java Heap ??

Anybody can help me with this?

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

        import java.io.BufferedReader;
        import java.io.IOException;
        import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        System.out.print("Please enter the story template: ");
        String story = null;

        try {
            story = reader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        Template tmpl = new Template(story);

        prompter.run(tmpl);
    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

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;

        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        String story = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", story);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        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 word = null;

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(word) || word == null) {
            try {
                System.out.printf("Please enter a %s: ", phrase);
                word = mReader.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            if(mCensoredWords.contains(word)){
                System.out.print("Oops! That word is censored. Please enter another word: ");
            }
        }

        return word;
    }
}
pseudo-tests.md
#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a string template (the one with the double underscores in it)

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

1 Answer

Andrej Fokin
Andrej Fokin
2,057 Points

Never mind, solved it... I just needed to create a getter for mReader and use it in the Main method.

how did you create the getter for mReader? can you post your finished code I am very frustrated right now