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

How am I using addAll wrong?

I can't get this challenge

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

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


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 String[] getWords() {
    return mBody.split("\\s+");
  }

  public List<String> getExternalLinks() {
    List<String> links = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String word : getWords()) {
      if (word.startsWith("http")) {
        links.add(word);
      }
    }
    return links;
  }

  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;
  }
}
com/example/Blog.java
package com.example;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;

public class Blog {
  List<BlogPost> mPosts;

  public Blog(List<BlogPost> posts) {
    mPosts = posts;
  }

  public List<BlogPost> getPosts() {
    return mPosts;
  }
  public Set<String> getAllAuthors(){
  Set<String>authors = new HashSet<String>();
    for(BlogPost post: mPosts){
      authors.addAll(post.getAuthor());
    }
 return authors;
  }
}

question:

I've added a new class called Blog. It is initialized with a list of blog posts. Create a method in the Blog class called getAllAuthors that loops all the posts and returns a java.util.Set of all the authors. They should be sorted alphabetically

question:

I've added a new class called Blog. It is initialized with a list of blog posts. Create a method in the Blog class called getAllAuthors that loops all the posts and returns a java.util.Set of all the authors. They should be sorted alphabetically

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Shree;

The challenge is asking for the returned values in alphabetical order. If you remember from the course videos there is a specific Java Class which returns things based on their natural ordering. It is called a TreeSet. If you missed it I would recommend watching the videos again.

Post back if you are still stuck.

Happy coding,

Ken