Lecture 14Introduction to Classes and Objects.ppt

Reference * You have already seen how objects are passed to methods; by passing a reference variable If data changes in an object, you will see the changes from anywhere where you have a reference to the object Reference * public class Child{ private String name; public StringBuilder permanentRecord; public Child(String nameIn){ name = nameIn; permanentRecord = new StringBuilder(); } public void doTask(int taskNum){ switch(taskNum){ case 0: playLoudMusic(); break; case 1: crashCar(); break; case 2: makeMomGrouchy(); break; } } public void playLoudMusic(){ System.out.println(name + s stereo goes boom bam thump bubaa); } public void crashCar(){ System.out.println(name + wrecked the car); } public void makeMomGrouchy(){ System.out.println(name + gave Mom a headache.); } public String toString(){ return name; } public void putDownInPermanentRecord(String offense){ permanentRecord.append(\n + offense); } public String getPermanentRecord(){ return permanentRecord.toString(); } public String getName(){return name;} } Reference * public class Family{ private String name; private Child[] kids; public Family(String nameIn, String[] kidsNames){ name = nameIn; kids = new Child[kidsNames.length]; for(int counter = 0; counter kidsNames.length; counter++) kids[counter] = new Child(kidsNames[counter]); } public void callSchool(){ AssistantPrincipal norm = new AssistantPrincipal(kids); readPermanentRecords(); } public String toString(){ return Welcome to the + name + s house; } public void readPermanentRecords(){ System.out.println(================= Permanent Records ====================); for(Child child: kids) System.out.println(child.getName() + s permanent Record: + child.getPermanentRecord()); } public static void main(String[] args){ String[] kidsNames = {Sue, Bill, Carla, Dan}; Family family = new Family(the Smiths, kidsNames);