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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Mike Papamichail
Mike Papamichail
4,883 Points

NoSuchFileException (In Challenge)

Hello there. I've been trying to solve this challenge for a bit now and after completing the TO-DOs (My"solution" is probably wrong so let me know) but i keep getting this error:

Couldn't load censored words
java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: resources\censored_words.txt
    at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:79)
    at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:97)
    at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:102)
    at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:230)
    at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361)
    at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407)
    at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384)
    at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152)
    at java.nio.file.Files.newBufferedReader(Files.java:2784)
    at java.nio.file.Files.readAllLines(Files.java:3202)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.loadCensoredWords(Prompter.java:28)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.<init>(Prompter.java:20)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Main.main(Main.java:10)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.util.AbstractCollection.addAll(AbstractCollection.java:343)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.loadCensoredWords(Prompter.java:33)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.<init>(Prompter.java:20)
    at com.teamtreehouse.Main.main(Main.java:10)

Process finished with exit code 1

It seems like the code cannot read the file.However the censored_words.txt is there and it does contain the four words.I can't seem to figure this problem out.Any ideas?Below you will find my code:

MAIN:

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // write your code here
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        String story = "Thanks __name__ for helping me out.  You are really a __adjective__ __noun__ and I owe you a __noun__.";
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        prompter.run(tmpl);
        List<String> fakeResults = Arrays.asList("friend", "talented", "java programmer", "high five");
    }
}

Prompter:

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
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 , Charset.defaultCharset());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> results = null;
        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", results);
    }

    /**
     * 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
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        String answer = "";
        loadCensoredWords();
        while (mCensoredWords.contains(answer = mReader.readLine())) {
            System.out.println("Please try again!\n");
            answer = mReader.readLine();
        }
        return answer;
    }
}
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
Grant Murphy
Grant Murphy
10,072 Points

I know this is very old, but I am having the same issue did you ever figure it out?