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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Serialization

error message code will not compile

after creating Treets.java and adding in line 33 Treets.sava(treets);

when i compile, i get

Example.java:33: error: <identifier> expected
Treets.save(Treets);
^
Example.java:33: error: <identifier> expected
Treets.save(Treets);
^
2 errors

I've followed this video precisely and cannot understand what this error means, and why Craig did not get the same error.

HELP!

Treets.java

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;

public class Treet { public static void save(Treet[] treets) { try ( FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("treets.ser"); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos); ) { oos.writeObject(treets); } catch(IOException ioe) { System.out.println("Problem saving Treets"); ioe.printStackTrace(); } } }

Example.java

import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Date;

import com.teamtreehouse.Treet; import com.teamtreehouse.Treets;

public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) { Treet treet = new Treet( "craigdennis", "Want to be famous? Simply tweet about Java and use " + "the hashtag #treet. I'll use your tweet in a new "+ "@treehouse course about data structures.", new Date(1421849732000L) ); Treet secondTreet = new Treet( "journeytocode", "@treehouse makes learning Java sooooo fun! #treet", new Date(1421878767000L) );
System.out.printf("This is a new Treet: %s %n", treet); System.out.println("The words are:"); for (String word: treet.getWords()) { System.out.println(word); } Treet[] treets = {secondTreet, treet}; Arrays.sort(treets); for (Treet exampleTreet : treets) { System.out.println(exampleTreet); } } Treets.save(Treets); }

Treet.java

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.Serializable;

import java.util.Date;

public class Treet implements Comparable Serializable { private String mAuthor; private String mDescription; private Date mCreationDate;

public Treet(String author, String description, Date creationDate) { mAuthor = author; mDescription = description; mCreationDate = creationDate; }

@Override public String toString() { return String.format("Treet: \"%s\" by %s on %s", mDescription, mAuthor, mCreationDate); }

@Override public int compareTo(Object obj) { Treet other = (Treet) obj; if (equals(other)) { return 0; } int dateCmp = mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate); if (dateCmp == 0) { return mDescription.compareTo(other.mDescription);
} return dateCmp; }

public String getAuthor() { return mAuthor; }

public String getDescription () { return mDescription; }

public Date getCreationDate() { return mCreationDate; } public String[] getWords() { return mDescription.toLowerCase().split("[^\w#@']+");

}

}

1 Answer

Haven't worked with Java in a while, but in your main function you have instantiated an array called "treets", yet when you get to the last line you are trying to pass in "Treets" -> if you change the last line to "Treets.save(treets)" does that allow you to compile?