I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.

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This is Challenge 4 of Forum from Delivering the MVP.

So close now! Okay so now un-comment the comments in Main.java and Forum.java. PS. You're awesome!

After you uncomment the code in Main.java and Forum.java, fix the code as described in the comments of Main.java. The code in main is attempting to use the code you just fixed.

Unfortunately, I have no idea of what I am doing wrong and so can't move forward. If anyone would be able to shed some light that would be amazing.

Thank you in advance!

Forum.java

public class Forum {
  private String topic;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic
  public Forum (String topic) {
    topic = "";
  }

  public String getTopic() {
    return topic;
  }


  /* Uncomment this when you are prompted to do so
  public void addPost(ForumPost post) {
    System.out.printf("A new post in %s topic from %s %s about %s is available",
            topic,
            post.getAuthor().getFirstName(),
            post.getAuthor().getLastName(),
            post.getTitle()
    );
  }
  */

}

User.java

public class User {
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;

  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    // TODO: set and add the private fields
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and lastName
  public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return lastName;
  }


}

ForumPost.java

public class ForumPost {
  private User author;
  private String title;
  private String description;

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description

   public void ForumPost (User author, String title, String description) {
   this.author = author;
   this.title = title;
   this.description = description;
 }


  public User getAuthor() {
    return author;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return title;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}

Main.java

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Beginning forum example");
    if (args.length < 2) {
      System.out.println("Usage: java Main <first name> <last name>");
      System.err.println("<first name> and <last name> are required");
      System.exit(1);
    }
    // Uncomment this when prompted
    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter
    String firstName = args[0];
    String lastName = args[1];
    User author = new User(args[0], args[1]);
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(user.getAuthor, user.getTitle, user.getDescription);
    forum.addPost(post);

  }

}

Answer 1 · 2019-12-02T19:25:04Z

December 2, 2019 7:25pm

There's a few issues, some of which are with previous tasks. Either the challenge let them slip by or the code got changed later.

First, the instructions for task 1 said to "Initialize the private field topic in the constructor to the value passed in.", but the code here doesn't update the private field. Instead, it sets the parameter to an empty string.

And task 3 asked for a new constructor, but the method "ForumPost" shown above has a type of "void" (constructors don't have a type).

Then the first instruction of task 4 says "now un-comment the comments in Main.java and Forum.java.". In the code above, the comments in "Main.java" have been removed, but those in "Forum.java" still remain.

Finally, the line comments in the newly exposed code in "Main.java" indicate changes that are needed to make the code compatible with the changes made in the previous tasks. This work also still needs to be done.

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