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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Justin White
Justin White
1,885 Points

My code does everything asked in pseudo-tests and works on my machine but is not working as submitted.

Could someone point out to me what I'm doing wrong? It does everything asked.

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

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();

        String story = prompter.promptForStoryTemplate();

        Template tmpl = new Template(story);

        prompter.run(tmpl);


    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
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();
    }

    public String promptForStoryTemplate() throws IOException {
        System.out.print("Please enter a story template: ");
        return mReader.readLine();
    }

    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 treeStory = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", treeStory);
    }

    /**
     * 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) throws IOException {
        boolean isGoodResponse = false;
        String response = null;

        while(!isGoodResponse) {
            System.out.print("Please enter a " + phrase + ": ");
            response = mReader.readLine();
            if(mCensoredWords.contains(response)){
                System.out.println("The word you entered is a censored word. Please try again.");
            } else {
                isGoodResponse = true;
            }
        }

        return response;

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

  a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Did you try running the preview? It shows this compiler error:

JavaTester.java:77: error: unreported exception IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    Main.main(null);
             ^
1 error

So you still have one job left to do (catch the error in "Main" instead of throwing it). Otherwise, it looks good!

Justin White
Justin White
1,885 Points

Thank you. Do you know why that is? I see other methods throw the exception and it doesn't cause this problem. Is it because I am throwing an exception in the main method?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You've seen this in other challenges (it may be an issue because of how the challenge tests it)?