Class Person

java.lang.Object
  Person

public class Person

extends Object

This class is a simple record for a person consisting of the person's name, date of birth, and date of death. There must be a date of birth, but there may be no date of death (indicating that the person is still alive).

Constructor Summary

Person(Person original)
This is the copy constructor for the Person class.

Person(String initialName, DateClass birthDate, DateClass deathDate)
This constructor receives the person's name, birthdate and date of death.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Person otherPerson) This method checks to see if two Person objects contain the same data.
DateClass	getBirthDate()
DateClass	getDeathDate()
String	getName() These are accessor methods for the name, birthdate and date of death.
void	set(String newName, DateClass birthDate, DateClass deathDate) This mutator method sets the name, birthdate, and date of death.
void	setBirthDate(DateClass newDate) This mutator method sets the birtdate.
void	setBirthYear(int newYear) This mutator method sets the birth year.
void	setDeathDate(DateClass newDate) This mutator method sets the death date.
void	setDeathYear(int newYear) This mutator method sets the date of death.
void	setName(String newName) This mutator method sets the name.
String	toString() This method returns a string containing the person's name followed by their dates of birth & death.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Person

public Person(String initialName,
              DateClass birthDate,
              DateClass deathDate)

This constructor receives the person's name, birthdate and date of death.

Person

public Person(Person original)

This is the copy constructor for the Person class.

Method Detail

set

public void set(String newName,
                DateClass birthDate,
                DateClass deathDate)

This mutator method sets the name, birthdate, and date of death. precondition: the birthDate is a valid date

toString

public String toString()

This method returns a string containing the person's name followed by their dates of birth & death.

equals

public boolean equals(Person otherPerson)

This method checks to see if two Person objects contain the same data.

Returns:

Returns true if the two Person objects contain the same data.

setBirthDate

public void setBirthDate(DateClass newDate)

This mutator method sets the birtdate.

setDeathDate

public void setDeathDate(DateClass newDate)

This mutator method sets the death date.

setName

public void setName(String newName)

This mutator method sets the name.

setBirthYear

public void setBirthYear(int newYear)

This mutator method sets the birth year.

setDeathYear

public void setDeathYear(int newYear)

This mutator method sets the date of death.

getName

public String getName()

These are accessor methods for the name, birthdate and date of death.

getBirthDate

public DateClass getBirthDate()

getDeathDate

public DateClass getDeathDate()