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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Please help! Code does not work.

package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.Scanner;

    public class Main {

        public static void main(String[] args) {

    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    String story = scanner.nextLine();
    System.out.printf("%n%n%s", story);
    Template tmpl = new Template(story);
    prompt.run(tmpl); 

}

}

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

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;


        public class Main {

            public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        String story = scanner.nextLine();
        System.out.printf("%n%n%s", story);
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        prompt.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);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    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;
    }


    /**
     * 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 {
      String response = null;
      String trueresponse = null;
      do {
        System.out.printf("Enter your answer to the phrase %s :", phase);
        response = mReader.readLine();
        if (!mCensoredWords.constains(response)) {
            trueresponse = response;
          break;
        }

      } while (mCensoreds.contains(response));

      return trueresponse;

    }
}
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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Have you tried using the Preview button to see the compiler output? Using that reveals these issues:

  • line 16 of Main.java has a reference to prompt but it has not yet been defined
  • line 74 of Prompter.java has "phrase" misspelled as phase
  • line 76 has "contains" misspelled as constains
  • line 81 has "mCensoredWords" misspelled as mCensoreds
  • it looks like item 3 isn't done yet (completed story presented)