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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Weird error for treestory.

What does this error message mean? What is Matcher.java?

java.lang.NullPointerException (Look around Matcher.java line 1283)

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

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

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        String story = null;
        try {
            prompter.promptForStory();
        } catch (IOException ioe){
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        }


        Template tmpl = new Template(story);




        prompter.run(tmpl);


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

import java.io.*;
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);
        }

        String yourStory = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", yourStory);
    }

    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;
    }



    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        String response = null;

        do {
            System.out.printf("Enter the response for %s: ", phrase);
            response = mReader.readLine();
            if (mCensoredWords.contains(response)){
                System.out.printf("Sorry, %s is not allowed.%n", response);
            }
        }while (mCensoredWords.contains(response));

        return response;
    }

    public String promptForStory () throws IOException{
        String newStory = null;

        System.out.println("Create your story with __word__ for blank spaces");
        newStory = mReader.readLine();

        return newStory;
    }
}
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

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Oh I see it...why don't you try setting story with the results from promptForStory?

Can you clarify? I dont quite understand what that means. Also, what is Matcher.Java exactly? Thank you for your help!

Nevermind, I understand now, I did String story = prompter.prompForStory(); Thank you so much! I'm still wondering what that error means though.

Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Sorry, but glad you figured it out!

It's talking about the Matcher class I am using in the template to pull out the fields. Because you were passing in a null, something was not liking it ;)