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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Zachary Martin
Zachary Martin
1,617 Points

Error in code help

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

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java
// After you've completed the TODOs locally paste Main.java here
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // write your code here
        Prompter promp = new Prompter();
        System.out.printf("Please give me a story, with placeholders in between double underscores%n");
        System.out.printf("(e.g. '__name__', '__adjective__', '__noun__'): %n");
        String story = promp.promptForStory();
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        promp.run(tmpl);
    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
// After you've completed the TODOs locally paste Prompter.java here
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.Arrays;
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();
    }

    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> words = null;
        try {
            words = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
       String result = tmpl.render(words);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", result);
        // TODO:csd - Print out the results that were gathered here by rendering the template
    }

    /**
     * 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
     * @throws IOException 
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        boolean truth = false;
        String word;
        System.out.printf("Enter an %s:  ", phrase);
        do {
            word = mReader.readLine();
        if (!mCensoredWords.contains(word)) {
            truth = true;
        }
        } while (!truth);
        return word;
    }

    public String promptForStory() throws IOException {
        String story = null;
        story = mReader.readLine();
        return story;
    }
}
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

In the Prompter class and in the main class you have that it throws an IOException but you never handle it anywhere. Somewhere in your program you have to explain what you want to do when you encounter that exception. Usually that is done with a try catch block. Java Documentation for try catch blocks can be found at this link.