Chapter 10 defined a class personType to store the name of a person. The member
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Chapter 10 defined a class personType to store the name of a person. The member functions that we included merely print the name and set the name of a person. Redefine the class personType so that, in addition to what the existing class does, you can: a) Set the first name only. b) Set the last name only. c) Store and set the middle name. d) Check whether a given first name is the same as the first name of this person. e) Check whether a given last name is the same as the last name of this person. Write the definitions of the member functions to implement the operations for this class. Also, write a program to test various operations on this class. You can download the class files from the blackboard ("Lab Assignments/Lab 8/Ch10_PersonType.zip").Explanation / Answer
class personType
{
private String firstName,middleName,lastName;
public void setName(String firstName,String lastName,String middleName)
{
this.firstName = firstName;
this.middleName = middleName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
public void printName()
{
System.out.println(firstName +" "+middleName+" "+ lastName);
}
public void setFirstName(String firstName)
{
this.firstName = firstName;
}
public void setLastName(String lastName)
{
this.lastName = lastName;
}
public void setMiddleName(String middleName)
{
this.middleName = middleName;
}
public boolean sameFirstName(String firstName)
{
if(this.firstName == firstName)
return true;
else
return false;
}
public boolean sameLastName(String lastName)
{
if(this.lastName == lastName)
return true;
else
return false;
}
}
class TestPersonType
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
personType person = new personType();
person.setFirstName("Mathew");
person.setMiddleName("Jack");
person.setLastName("Louis");
System.out.println(" First name is same as Chris : "+person.sameFirstName("Chris"));
System.out.println(" Last name is same as Louis :"+person.sameLastName("Louis"));
}
}
Output:
First name is same as Chris : false
Last name is same as Louis :true
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