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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Parth Kaura
Parth Kaura
4,157 Points

code checker giving error.. code working properly in IDE.

This is what the error is showing.. dont know why.. please help.

Make a story! Write a fill in the blank story with an underscore on each side of the variable like noun/adjective/etc Please Enter your words for first prompt:: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.promptForWord(Prompter.java:84) at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.promptForWords(Prompter.java:61) at com.teamtreehouse.Prompter.run(Prompter.java:40) at com.teamtreehouse.Main.main(Main.java:24) at JavaTester.run(JavaTester.java:77) at JavaTester.main(JavaTester.java:39)

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args)  {

        BufferedReader mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        System.out.println("Make a story! Write a fill in the blank story with an underscore on each side of the variable like _noun/adjective/etc_");
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        String story = null;
        try {
            story = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        }
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        prompter.run(tmpl);

        }

}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
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);
        } 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);
        }

        System.out.println(tmpl.render(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 {
        System.out.printf("Please Enter your words for %s:: %n", phrase);
        String answer = mReader.readLine();

        while (mCensoredWords.contains(answer)) {
            System.out.printf("Sorry %s is an unacceptable word%n", phrase);
            answer = mReader.readLine();

        }

        return answer.trim();
    }

  public String promptForStory() throws IOException {
        return mReader.readLine();
    }
}
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

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

In your Main.java file, remove the lines :

 BufferedReader mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 System.out.println("Make a story! Write a fill in the blank story with an underscore on each side of the variable like _noun/adjective/etc_");

and change the line:

story = mReader.readLine();

to:

story = prompter.promptForStory();