CSC212 Lab 5 2014

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 16:12, 23 September 2014 (EDT)

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Problem 1: Generic Classes

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/akenn/generics/cupt.jpg

• Store the program below in a file called Pair.java

public class Pair<T, P> {
    private T first;
    private P second;

    public Pair( T f, P s ) {
        first = f;
        second = s;
    }

    public T getFirst() { return first; }
    public P getSecond() { return second; }
    public void setFirst( T f ) { first = f; }
    public void setSecond( P s ) { second = s; }
    public String toString( ) { return "(" + first + ", " + second + ")"; }
}

• Store the program below in a file called TestPair.java

class TestPair {
    static public void main( String[] args ) {
        Pair<Integer, Integer> p1 = null, p2 = null;

        p1 = new Pair<Integer, Integer>( 10, 3 );
        p2 = new Pair<Integer, Integer>( 5, -9 );

        System.out.println( "p1 = " + p1 );
        System.out.println( "p2 = " + p2 );
        p1.setFirst( p2.getSecond() );
        System.out.println( "p1 = " + p1 );
    }
}

Question 1

Compile and run your program:

javac TestPair.java Pair.java 
java TestPair

Verify that your program works.

Question 2

Modify the toString() method of Pair.java, so that it prints a pair this way: [10|3]', rather than (10, 3). Verify that your edited program works.

Question 3

Change TestPair.java and replace Integer with Double, so that your program can hold pairs of real numbers. Update the initialization of p1 and p2, so that you store real numbers in the pairs (e.g. 3.14159). Verify that your edited program works. Notice that you do not have to modify Pair.java at all; that's the beauty of a generic class: it will work for any type of data you want it to contain.

Question 4

Change TestPair.java again, and this time modify it so that p1 and p2 will contain ( "Smith College", 1871 ), and ( "Hampshire College", 1965). Verify that your edited program works.

Question 5

Study the solution program for Exercise 2 (seen in class). Modify TestPair.java so that it now holds an array of 6 (String, Integer) pairs. Initialize the array with these university names and the year they were founded:

• U. Bologna, 1088
• U. Oxford, 1167
• U. Cambridge, 1209
• U. Salamanca, 1218
• U. Padua, 1222
• U. Naples, 1224

Make your program output the 6 pairs. Verify that your program works.

Problem #2: Create your Own Generic Class

• Create a new generic class that will hold a triplet (i.e. 3 items). Call it Triplet.java and use Pair.java as an example.
• Create a new class called TestTriplet.java that you will adapt from TestPair.java. Make your TestTriplet.java use 3-integer triplets. Verify that your edited program works.

Question 1

Modify TestTriplet.java so that it now holds two ( String, Double, Integer) triplets: p1, and p2. Verify that your edited program works.

Question 2

Modify TestTriplet.java so that now it holds ( String, Integer, Pair( Integer, Integer ) ) !!!
You shouldn't have to modify Triplet.java at all! Initialize p1 to ( "Smith College", 1871, ( 2600, 2014 ) ), and p2 to ( "Hampshire College", 1965, ( 1400, 2014 ) ). Verify that your edited program works.

Question 3

Modify TestTriplet.java and make it hold an array of 5 (Integer, Integer, Integer) triplets. Initialize the triplets as you wish. Verify that your edited program works.