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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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

public User (String title, String description, String author) { mTitle = title; mDescription = description; mAuthor = author; }

public String getAuthor() { return mAuthor; } public String getAuthor() { return mAuthor; }

public String getTitle() { return mTitle; } public String getDescription() { return mDescription; }

// TODO: We need to expose the description }

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

  public User (String title, String description, String  author) {
  mTitle = title;
  mDescription = description;
  mAuthor = author;
  }



  public String getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }
  public String 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 theTopic) {
     mTopic = theTopic;
  }

  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();
    // Add the author, title and description
    // ForumPost post = new ForumPost();
    // forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

I get a syntax error.

Ignore this. I forgot to post the question.

1 Answer

The problem I see here is your getAuthor method inside the Forumpost class. There's two of them, though I don't think you meant to set up a default value for the method, so you should delete one. Also, it returns a String right now, but you want to change the method to return a User type variable, I believe, as that's the class you have for mAuthor. Was that the question?

It is okay. I already solved it, but thank you.