Re: Learning ADT lists
In article <8a444e1c8c568@uwe>, "new2java" <u46248@uwe> wrote:
how do I implement these 3 methods contains(), remove() and clear().
public boolean contains(T item);
// Determines if a certain item is in the list.
// Precondition: an item which need to be compared
// Postcondition: Returns true if there is the same item in the list
// Return false if there is not the same item in the list
public boolean remove(int position);
// Deletes an item from the list at a given position.
// Precondition: position indicates where the deletion should occur.
// Postcondition: If 1 <= index <= size(), the item at a given position
// in the list is deleted, other items are renumbered accordingly
// and, it returns true.
// Returns false if index < 1 or index > size()+1
// or the list is empty
public void clear();
// Deletes all the items from the list.
// Precondition: None.
// Postcondition: The list is empty.
} // end ListInterface
public class ADTList<T> implements ListInterface<T>{
private T array[];
private int numItems;
public ADTList(){
//create an empty array
array = (T[]) new Object[10];
// assign 0 to numItems;
numItems=0;
}
public boolean contains(T item){
System.out.println("You need to implement it");
return true;
}
public boolean remove(int position){
System.out.println("You need to implement it");
return true;
}
public void clear(){
System.out.println("You need to implement it");
}
}
if someone could show me how to do one of these 3 methods I think I can
figure out the other two. Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Are you required to implement the List interface or can you simply invoke
contains(), remove() or clear() on an object that implements the
interface, say ArrayList?
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html>
Here's a good place to start for examples:
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/collections/interfaces/list.html>
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