Finish Treestory - Story not presented?

Question

My story is not presented on the grader however it works in IntelliJ. Furthermore I think this question has been a large waste of time. It was not clear, with instructions in multiple places and very ambiguous. Lot of my code and ideas I, especially for Main came from reviewing others that were having issues with this poor question as well. I've also noticed their code is similar too which leads me to believe a lot of people are struggling with this question and not actually learning anything from it.

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    // write your code here
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        System.out.printf("Make a story! Write a fill in the blank story with an underscore on each side of the variable like __noun/adjective/etc__");
        String story = null;
        try {
            story = 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 result = tmpl.render(results);
        System.out.printf("%nYour TreeStory:%n%n%s", result);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return list of words
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
        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("%nEnter your word for phrase: %s%n", phrase);
        String response = null;

        try {
            response = mReader.readLine().toLowerCase().trim();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(response)) {
            System.out.printf("%nThe word you chose is not allowed, choose again: %n");
            response = mReader.readLine().toLowerCase().trim();
        }

        return response;
    }


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

        System.out.print("\nEnter your story: ");
        try {
            response = mReader.readLine();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        return response;
    }

}

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

Answer 1 · 2015-11-29T05:41:19Z

November 29, 2015 5:41am

I have cracked this nut! The issue is in the promptForWord() method. The .toLowerCase().trim() seems to be altering the story enough that it doesn't match.

    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        System.out.printf("%nEnter your word for phrase: %s%n", phrase);
        String response = null;

        try {
            response = mReader.readLine();  // Removed: .toLowerCase().trim();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }

        while(mCensoredWords.contains(response)) {
            System.out.printf("%nThe word you chose is not allowed, choose again: %n");
            response = mReader.readLine();  // Removed: .toLowerCase().trim();
        }

        return response;
    }

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