import java.util.*; /******************************************************************************/ /** Candidate class for storing and manipulating individual records. * * @author Duncan Buell * * written: 29 March 2008 **/ public class Candidate { private String birthPlace; private String firstName; private String lastName; private String party; private String state; /******************************************************************************/ /** Construct a new candidate with empty strings for all instance variables **/ public Candidate() { this.setFirstName(""); this.setLastName(""); this.setParty(""); this.setState(""); this.setBirthPlace(""); } /******************************************************************************/ /** Construct a new candidate using only first and last names **/ public Candidate(String inFirstName, String inLastName) { this.setFirstName(inFirstName); this.setLastName(inLastName); this.setParty(""); this.setState(""); this.setBirthPlace(""); } /******************************************************************************/ /** Construct a new candidate with values supplied for all instance variables **/ public Candidate(String inFirstName, String inLastName, String inParty, String inState, String inBirthPlace) { this.setFirstName(inFirstName); this.setLastName(inLastName); this.setParty(inParty); this.setState(inState); this.setBirthPlace(inBirthPlace); } /******************************************************************************/ /* Accessors */ /******************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************/ public String getBirthPlace() { return this.birthPlace; } /******************************************************************************/ public String getField(Fields which) { String returnString = ""; if(Fields.BIRTHPLACE == which) { returnString = this.birthPlace; } else if(Fields.FIRSTNAME == which) { returnString = this.firstName; } else if(Fields.LASTNAME == which) { returnString = this.lastName; } else if(Fields.PARTY == which) { returnString = this.party; } else if(Fields.STATE == which) { returnString = this.state; } return returnString; } // public String getField(Fields.which) /******************************************************************************/ public String getFirstName() { return this.firstName; } /******************************************************************************/ public String getLastName() { return this.lastName; } /******************************************************************************/ public String getParty() { return this.party; } /******************************************************************************/ public String getState() { return this.state; } /******************************************************************************/ /* Mutators */ /******************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************/ public void setBirthPlace(String inBirthPlace) { this.birthPlace = inBirthPlace; } /******************************************************************************/ public void setFirstName(String inFirstName) { this.firstName = inFirstName; } /******************************************************************************/ public void setLastName(String inLastName) { this.lastName = inLastName; } /******************************************************************************/ public void setParty(String inParty) { this.party = inParty; } /******************************************************************************/ public void setState(String inState) { this.state = inState; } /******************************************************************************/ /* Utility methods for an instance of a single candidate */ /******************************************************************************/ /******************************************************************************/ public void getData(Scanner inDataFile) { String inString = ""; inString = inDataFile.next(); this.setFirstName(inString); inString = inDataFile.next(); this.setLastName(inString); inString = inDataFile.next(); this.setParty(inString); inString = inDataFile.next(); this.setState(inString); inString = inDataFile.next(); this.setBirthPlace(inString); } /******************************************************************************/ /** This header string should match up in format and columns the 'toString' * format and columns. **/ public String getPrintHeaderString() { String returnString = ""; returnString = String.format("%20s %20s %4s %3s %20s", "FIRSTNAME","LASTNAME","PRTY","ST","BIRTHPLACE"); return returnString; } /******************************************************************************/ public String toString() { String returnString = ""; returnString = String.format("%20s %20s %4s %3s %20s", this.getFirstName(),this.getLastName(),this.getParty(), this.getState(),this.getBirthPlace()); return returnString; } } // public class Candidate