all tests pass

pom.xml

     <groupId>io.zipcoder</groupId>
     <artifactId>PainfullAfternoon</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>6</source>
+                    <target>6</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Item.java

         this.expiration = expiration;
     }
 
+    public Item() {
+
+    }
+
     public String getName() {
         return name;
     }

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParseException.java

 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class ItemParseException extends Exception {
+
+
 }
+
+
+

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParser.java

 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class ItemParser {
-
+    private String omit = "^[a-zA-Z0-9]+:";
+    private String spacer = "[;#^@!%*]";
+    private Item item;
 
     public ArrayList<String> parseRawDataIntoStringArray(String rawData){
         String stringPattern = "##";
         ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawData);
+
         return response;
     }
 
     public Item parseStringIntoItem(String rawItem) throws ItemParseException{
-        return null;
+        Item item;
+        int error = 0;
+        String[] splitItem = rawItem.split(spacer);
+        try {
+            String name = splitItem[0].toLowerCase().replaceAll(omit, "").replaceAll("0", "o");
+            Double price = Double.parseDouble(splitItem[1].replaceAll(omit, ""));
+            String type = splitItem[2].toLowerCase().replaceAll(omit, "");
+            String expiration = splitItem[3].toLowerCase().replaceAll(omit, "");
+
+            if (name.isEmpty() || price == null || type.isEmpty()|| expiration.isEmpty())
+                throw new Exception();
+            error++;
+            item = new Item(name, price, type, expiration);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+
+            throw new ItemParseException();
+        }
+        System.out.println(item);
+        System.out.println(error);
+        return item;
     }
 
+
     public ArrayList<String> findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(String rawItem){
         String stringPattern = "[;|^]";
         ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawItem);
     }
 
     private ArrayList<String> splitStringWithRegexPattern(String stringPattern, String inputString){
+        //System.out.println(new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(inputString.split(stringPattern))));
         return new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(inputString.split(stringPattern)));
-    }
 
+    }
 
 
+    public List <String> parseRawDataIntoStringArray() {
+        return null;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Main.java

     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
+        Item item = new Item();
+
+        String out = item.toString();
+
         String output = (new Main()).readRawDataToString();
-        System.out.println(output);
+
+        System.out.println(out);
         // TODO: parse the data in output into items, and display to console.
     }
 }

src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParserTest.java

 
     private String rawSingleItemIrregularSeperatorSample = "naMe:MiLK;price:3.23;type:Food^expiration:1/11/2016##";
 
-    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
+    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
 
     private String rawMultipleItems = "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##"
                                       +"naME:BreaD;price:1.23;type:Food;expiration:1/02/2016##"
         Item expected = new Item("milk", 3.23, "food","1/25/2016");
         Item actual = itemParser.parseStringIntoItem(rawSingleItem);
         assertEquals(expected.toString(), actual.toString());
+
     }
 
     @Test(expected = ItemParseException.class)