Definition: This object is
critical, because it
is the foundation for many objects. Subclasses will be
Bowler,
Address, PostalCode, Member, League, Season, Team, ContestDate, Lanes,
Series, AwardCriteria, AwardEarned, and Treasury. This will
be an
abstract class, as the subclasses will include their own Tics and
specialized methods.
Issue:
Variables: Variables here
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Modifier |
Class |
Name |
Value |
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Integer |
serializableVersionUID |
1234567 |
Characteristics:
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Tic name |
object |
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ID |
Integer |
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hasChanged |
Boolean |
Requirments:
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- Ticable - Contains Tics
- HasID - can find an ID
- Serializable - Just in case
- Comparable and Comparator - for Sorting
- Observable - Maybe
- new, to create a new instance using Tic Default values
- RecordIO - to support a Shovel
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Required Methods:
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- A no argument constructor. Unnecessary for an abstract class.
- Setters and getters for the characteristics. (Tics)
- The compare(Object, Object), compareTo(Object), and
equals(Object) methods. (Comparable and Comparator)
- Save() and Load() methods for saving/loading to a
delimited file. (RecordIO)
- Get a specific object using the ID. The
object may be in memory or need to be retrieved from a data store
(file). (HasID)
- A setDefaultValues() method may be needed.
- String getName() which returns
a name for the object.
- hasChanged() and hasChanged(Boolean) if the Record has changed.
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