Re: Can we over-load "+" in Java?

From:
"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:51:04 GMT
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"Shawn" <shaw@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:eebp7d$mub$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...

Ralf Seitner wrote:

But I give you a hint. Simply use a List (java.util.List) and there are
methods like add() and remove().
As of Java 1.5 there are generics, so you can add a member like:
private List<Person> team;


I want "team" to be an object of class Team, not a reference to a list
which holds individual Person objects.

With the newly created data, instances of Team class, I will provide its
relevant operation, like "merge teams", "split teams into several smaller
teams" etc, just similar to operation in the real world.

After that, I will create another new data, Department class, which can
have several teams. I will also provide Department's operations.

Am I thinking correctly in OO spirit or I am completely wrong?


    I don't see anything particularly anti-OO. Why don't you show us what
code you've got so far and we can comment on your design?

Here's a start:

class Person {
}

class Team {
  Set<Person> members = new HashSet<Person>;
}

    - Oliver

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