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

Java data structures challenge after the Set lesson, have compile errror.

The challenge question is: I've added a new class called Blog. It is initialized with a list of BlogPost objects. Create a method in the Blog class called getAllAuthors that loops over all the posts and returns a java.util.Set of all the authors, which are stored as strings. They should be sorted alphabetically.

The error I'm getting is ./com/example/Blog.java:20: error: cannot find symbol Set authors = new TreeSet(); ^ symbol: class string location: class Blog Note: JavaTester.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 1 error

The suggestion is I haven't included the necessary import statement. I believe I included all the necessary import statements.

Thanks

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;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

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 TreeSet<string>();
    for(BlogPost post : mPosts){
      authors.add(post.getAuthor());
      }
    return authors;
  }
}

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

String should be capitalized:

Set<String> authors = new TreeSet<String>();

Thanks for pointing out that I didn't capitalize the s in String. That solved the problem and it works.

Thanks for you help. John

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Glad I could help! Happy coding!