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

Brian Maimone
PLUS
Brian Maimone
Courses Plus Student 1,644 Points

Not exactly sure of what is being asked in Map challenge. The instructions are:

In Blog.java add a new method called getCategoryCounts. It should return a Map of category to count calculated by looping over all posts. What is meant by a Map of the category (field contained in each BlogPost) to count. Count what? We have no information on what the category fields contain. Not looking for the answer, just more color on what is being asked.

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.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
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<>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {
      authors.add(post.getAuthor());
    }
    return authors;
  }
public Map getCategoryCounts() {
    Map<String, Integer> categoryCounts = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {
      for (String category : post.getCategory()) {
        Integer count = categoryCounts.get(category);
        if(count == null) {
          count = 0;
        }
        count++;
        categoryCounts.put(category, count);
      }
    }
    return categoryCounts();
}
  private List<String> getCategory(String) {//always want return list interface,return a list of strings
    List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>(); //make a new list called results, its a new arraylist
    for (String word : getWords()) {// loop through array, check each word in the treet,to see if it has hashtag
      if (word.startsWith(prefix)) {//startsWith is special method of strings
        results.add(word);
      }
    }
    return results;


}

2 Answers

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

BlogPost will have a category set and it has a getCategory method. This is asking that you loop through each post and create a Map of category to count of occurrences in all posts.

In the test I create several blog posts and categorize them. When you get the list the category will be set.

That help?