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Admire Dhodho
5,411 Pointsthis code is not working can some1 explain?
In the next couple of steps, let's fix up this work in progress Contact model. This is going to be used in a Web application where the user can add different ways to contact a person.
In this first step, modify the addContactMethod method to store the information in the mContactMethods Map.
package com.example.model;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashMap;
public class Contact {
private String mFirstName;
private String mLastName;
private Map<String, String> mContactMethods;
public Contact(String firstName, String lastName) {
mFirstName = firstName;
mLastName = lastName;
/* This stores contact methods by name
* eg: "phone" => "(555) 555-1234"
*/
mContactMethods = new HashMap<String, String>();
}
public void addContactMethod(String method, String value) {
mContactMethods.add(method, value);
}
/**
* Returns the available contact methods. eg: phone, pager,
*
* @return The name of the contact methods that are available
*/
public Set<String> getAvailableContactMethods() {
// FIXME: This should return the current contact method names.
return null;
}
/**
* Returns the value for the contact method if it exists,
*
* @param methodName The name of the contact method to look up.
* @return The name of the contact methods that are available
*/
public String getContactInfo(String methodName) {
// FIXME: return the value for the passed in *methodName*
return null;
}
public String getFirstName() {
return mFirstName;
}
public String getLastName() {
return mLastName;
}
}
2 Answers
Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsHey Admire, I'd be happy to help you with the first part, you did a really good job getting through it and you're super close on getting past it, however when adding items to a map the command is .put()
give
mContactMethods.put(method, value);
a try and see how that works. No big deal, just looks like a little confusion.
Don't hesitate to give me a shout if you have any more questions. Also for the other questions in this challenge I recommend you use this.
Sean M
7,344 PointsYou are calling the mContactMethods, and specifying the string's method and value. Therefore:
public void addContactMethod(String method, String value) {
// TODO: Add to the contact method map
mContactMethods.put(method, value);
}