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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Forum

Allen Emejuobi
Allen Emejuobi
5,009 Points

ForumPost challenge

I seem to be stuck on the last part of the forum challenge. I get an error message for the forumPost.java page line 8 where I have author = "";. Can anyone help me understand how to get through this part?

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
    firstName = "";
    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 ForumPost(User author, String title, String description){
    author = "";
    title = "";
    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
    User author = new User("Allen", "Emejuobi");
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and 
    //description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost(author, "Java Training", "I am learning Java");
    forum.addPost(post);

// 
  }

}

1 Answer

Samuel Moisan
Samuel Moisan
11,953 Points

Hi Allen,

You should assign the parameter value to the member value like this.

  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts the author, title and description
  public ForumPost(User author, String title, String description){
    this.author = author;
    this.title = title;
    this.description = description;
  }

You can assign an empty value too, but you will need to set the value after the object creation, this is not very useful. I hope this can help you!

Allen Emejuobi
Allen Emejuobi
5,009 Points

I appreciate it! Thanks a lot