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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Exploring the Java Collection Framework ArrayLists

Did I miss importing something?

I looked at the logic for getWordsPrefixedWith in the video, but am still confused as to what I'm missing in the code challenge here.

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class BlogPost implements Comparable<BlogPost>, Serializable {
  private String mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mBody;
  private String mCategory;
  private Date mCreationDate;

  public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mBody = body;
    mCategory = category;
    mCreationDate = creationDate;
  }

  public int compareTo(BlogPost other) {
    if (equals(other)) {
      return 0;
    }
    return mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate);
  }

  public List<String> getWords() {
    return getWordsPrefixedWith("\\s+");
  }

  public List<String> getExternalLinks(){
    return getWordsPrefixedWith("http");
  }

private List<String> getWordsPrefixedWith(String prefix){
  List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
  for (String word: getWords()){
    if (word.startsWith(prefix)){
      results.add(word);
    }
  }
  return results;
} 

  public String getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getBody() {
    return mBody;
  }

  public String getCategory() {
    return mCategory;
  }

  public Date getCreationDate() {
    return mCreationDate;
  }
}

1 Answer

You're using List<> in your method so you have to make sure to

import java.util.List;