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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

Got following error message. Please help. Thanks.

Bummer! I expected to see the names I passed in through the args, but I do not. Hmm.

What am I missing?

Thanks.

ForumPost.java
public class ForumPost {
  private User mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mDescription;

  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;
  }

  // TODO: We need to expose the description
}
User.java
public class User {
    private String mFirstName;
    private String mLastName;
  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    mFirstName = firstName;
    mLastName = lastName;
  }

  public String getFirstName() {
    return mFirstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return mLastName;
  }

}
Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String mTopic;

  public Forum(String topicName) {
    mTopic = topicName;
  }

  public String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }

  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());

  }
}
Example.java
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("John"," Smith");
    // Add the author, title and description
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Challenge Completed", "Hooray!");
    forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Antony;

In your Example.java class when you are creating your new User object author you are hard coding the author name and not accepting arguments. Replacing the first and last name values with args[0] and args[1] will allow the arguments passed in from the command line to be utilized in the author object.

Happy coding,

Ken

Thank you for your prompt best answer, Ken!