Getting an error that arguments passed in from the main method in Main.java is null. Why ?

public class Forum {
  private String topic;

  public Forum( String topic){
   this.topic = topic; 
  }
  // TODO: add a constructor that accepts a topic and sets the private field topic

  public String getTopic() {
    return topic;
  }


  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()
    );
  }

}

public class User {
  private String firstName,lastName;
  // TODO: add private fields for firstName and lastName

  public String getFirstName(){
   return firstName; 
  }
  public String getLastName(){
   return lastName; 
  }
  public User(String firstName, String lastName) {
    firstName = getFirstName();
    lastName = getLastName();
    // TODO: set and add the private fields

  }

  // TODO: add getters for firstName and lastName

}

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){
    this.author = author;
    this.title = title;
    this.description = description;
  }
  public User getAuthor() {
    return author;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return title;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}

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);
    }

    Forum forum = new Forum("Java");
    // TODO: pass in the first name and last name that are in the args parameter
    User author = new User( args[0], args[1]);
    // TODO: initialize the forum post with the user created above and a title and description of your choice
    ForumPost post = new ForumPost( author,"Time Waste","Is Injurious");
    forum.addPost(post);

// */
  }

}