public void printTopic(int topicID) throws IOException {

    Topic topicToPrint = readTopic(topicID);
    System.out.println("id:" + topicToPrint.getId());
    System.out.println("title:" + topicToPrint.getTitle());
    System.out.println("desc:" + topicToPrint.getDescription());
    System.out.println("narr:" + topicToPrint.getNarrative());
  }
 public String getTopicDescription(int topicID) throws IOException {
   Topic topic = readTopic(topicID);
   return topic.getDescription();
 }