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Java

Can someone please tell me why my code isn't running through this 'mSongRequest' refactoring challenge?

I've refactored the SongRequest to the desired SongRequestQueue but when I run it in the challenge I get this compiler error, "/com/teamtreehouse/KaraokeMachine.java:139: error: cannot find symbol songRequest.getSingername(), ^ symbol: method getSingername() location: variable songRequest of type SongRequest 1 error"

Please if somebody could please tell me to as if why this isn't running, I would be so grateful, because I have stuck playing with this challenge for nearly two hours..

Thank you in advance!!

package com.teamtreehouse;

import com.teamtreehouse.model.Song;
import com.teamtreehouse.model.SongBook;
import com.teamtreehouse.model.SongRequest;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.*;


public class KaraokeMachine {
    private SongBook mSongBook;
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Queue<SongRequest> mSongRequestQueue;

    private Map<String, String> mMenu;

    public KaraokeMachine(SongBook songBook) {
        mSongBook = songBook;
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        mSongRequestQueue = new ArrayDeque<SongRequest>();
        mMenu = new HashMap<String, String>();
        mMenu.put("add", "Add a new song to the song book");
        mMenu.put("play", "Play next song in the queue");
        mMenu.put("choose", "Choose a song to sing!");
        mMenu.put("quit", "Give up.  Exit the program");
    }

    private String promptAction() throws IOException {
        System.out.printf("There are %d songs available and %d in the queue.  Your options are: %n",
                mSongBook.getSongCount(),
                mSongRequestQueue.size());
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> option : mMenu.entrySet()) {
            System.out.printf("%s - %s %n",
                    option.getKey(),
                    option.getValue());
        }
        System.out.print("What do you want to do:  ");
        String choice = mReader.readLine();
        return choice.trim().toLowerCase();
    }

    public void run() {
        String choice = "";
        do {
            try {
                choice = promptAction();
                switch (choice) {
                    case "add":
                        Song song = promptNewSong();
                        mSongBook.addSong(song);
                        System.out.printf("%s added!  %n%n", song);
                        break;
                    case "choose":
                        String singerName = promptForSingerName();
                        String artist = promptArtist();
                        Song artistSong = promptSongForArtist(artist);
                        SongRequest songRequest = new SongRequest(singerName, artistSong);
                        if (mSongRequestQueue.contains(songRequest)) {
                            System.out.printf("%n%n Whoops %s already requested %s",
                                    singerName,
                                    artistSong);
                            break;
                        }
                        System.out.printf("You chose:  %s %n", artistSong);
                        break;
                    case "play":
                        playNext();
                        break;
                    case "quit":
                        System.out.println("Thanks for playing!");
                        break;
                    default:
                        System.out.printf("Unknown choice:  '%s'. Try again.  %n%n%n",
                                choice);
                }
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                System.out.println("Problem with input");
                ioe.printStackTrace();
            }
        } while (!choice.equals("quit"));
    }

    private String promptForSingerName() throws IOException {
        System.out.print("Enter the singer's name:  ");
        return mReader.readLine();
    }

    private Song promptNewSong() throws IOException {
        System.out.print("Enter the artist's name:  ");
        String artist = mReader.readLine();
        System.out.print("Enter the title:  ");
        String title = mReader.readLine();
        System.out.print("Enter the video URL:  ");
        String videoUrl = mReader.readLine();
        return new Song(artist, title, videoUrl);
    }

    private String promptArtist() throws IOException {
        System.out.println("Available artists:");
        List<String> artists = new ArrayList<>(mSongBook.getArtists());
        int index = promptForIndex(artists);
        return artists.get(index);
    }

    private Song promptSongForArtist(String artist) throws IOException {
        List<Song> songs = mSongBook.getSongsForArtist(artist);
        List<String> songTitles = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Song song : songs) {
            songTitles.add(song.getTitle());
        }
        System.out.printf("Available songs for %s: %n", artist);
        int index = promptForIndex(songTitles);
        return songs.get(index);
    }

    private int promptForIndex(List<String> options) throws IOException {
        int counter = 1;
        for (String option : options) {
            System.out.printf("%d.)  %s %n", counter, option);
            counter++;
        }
        System.out.print("Your choice:   ");
        String optionAsString = mReader.readLine();
        int choice = Integer.parseInt(optionAsString.trim());
        return choice - 1;
    }

    public void playNext() {
        SongRequest songRequest = mSongRequestQueue.poll();
        if (songRequest == null) {
            System.out.println("Sorry there are no songs in the queue." +
                    "  Use choose from the menu to add some");
        } else {
            Song song = songRequest.getSong();
            System.out.printf("%n%n%n Ready %s? Open %s to hear %s by %s %n%n%n",
                    songRequest.getSingername(),
                    song.getVideoUrl(),
                    song.getTitle(),
                    song.getArtist());
        }
    }


}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

It's just a typo/spelling error.

You have "getSingername", but the actual method is "getSingerName" (with a capital "N").

Oh my god.. thank you so much.