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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Wrapping up

where am i going wrong?

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

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

  public User getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }
 public ForumPost(User author,String title,String description)
 {
  mAuthor=author;
   mTitle=title;
   mDescription=description;
 }
  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) 
  {
    // TODO:  Set the private fields here
    mFirstName=firstName;
    mLastName=lastName;
  }
 public String getFirstName()
 {
   return mFirstName;
 }
 public String getLastName()
 {
   return mLastName;
 }
}
Forum.java
public class Forum {
  private String mTopic;

  public String getTopic() {
      return mTopic;
  }
    public Forum(String topic)
    {
     mTopic=topic; 
    }
  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("Craig","Dennis");
    // Add the author, title and description
     ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author,"Android","Developer");
     forum.addPost(post);
  }
}

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Abhishek;

You are very close. If you look at the code comments in Example.java it wants author to take in the first two arguments passed to the main() method, which takes a String array. To access that information we would use something like:

User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

That will grab the first argument, at index 0, and the second argument, at index 1.

Make any sense?

Happy coding and welcome to Treehouse!

Ken

Freddie Teague
Freddie Teague
13,808 Points

I was doing the exact same thing! Thank you Ken for helping us along the way!

Arshan Khanifar
Arshan Khanifar
11,497 Points

Thank you Ken! I was making the same mistake!

kevin nisay
kevin nisay
1,159 Points

hi ken i know this is over 1 YEAR, but i actually diddnt get this part .

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

kevin nisay which part are you having difficulty with? The zero based indexing aspect or the assignment of the data to author?

kevin nisay
kevin nisay
1,159 Points

yes thats it .

User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);

this part