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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

can't preview any syntax errors - not sure whats wrong here

when i click preview i dont see any syntax errors, so I have no clue why this isnt working and is resulting in compiler/syntax errors..

Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String mtopic;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic

  public setTopic(String topic) {
    mtopic = topic;
  }

  public String getTopic() {
    return mtopic;
  }



  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
    System.out.printf("A new post in %s topic from %s %s about %s is available",
            mtopic,
            post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
            post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
            post.getTitle()
    );
  }


}
User.java
public class User {
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
  private String mfirstName;
  private String mlastName;


  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO: set and add the private fields
    mfirstName = firstName;
    mlastName = lastName;
    //new User(firstName, lastName);

  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and lastName
  public String getFirstName() {
    return mfirstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return mlastName;
  }

}
ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User mauthor;
  private String mtitle;
  private String mdescription;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description

  public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description) {
    mauthor = author;
    mtitle = title;
    mdescription = description;
  }

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mauthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mtitle;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return mdescription;
  }
}
Main.java
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Beginning forum example");
    if (args.length < 2) {
      System.out.println("Usage: java Main <first name> <last name>");
      System.err.println("<first name> and <last name> are required");
      System.exit(1);
    }


    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter
    User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "my title", "my description");
    forum.addPost(post);


  }

}

2 Answers

Dino Šporer
Dino Šporer
5,430 Points

Instead of mtitle naming convention, use something like this.var = var in constructor. Hope that works !

I tried that originally and it didn't work, so switched to m convention! I wish it would tell me where the syntax errors are!