Re: small java exercise
Hi,
ros wrote:
public class MovieRating {
private Map humanMap = new HashMap();
public MovieRating(){
humanMap.put("G", 18);
humanMap.put("PG", 16);
}
public boolean getStatus(String rating, int age){
int minAge;
minAge = Integer.getInteger((String) humanMap.get("PG"));
if (age < minAge ){
return false;
}
else if (age >= minAge){
return true;
}
}
}
Several issues. In the first step I would do it like this:
public class MovieRating {
private int g=18; // perhaps also 'static final'?
private int pg=16;// perhaps also 'static final'?
public boolean getStatus(int age) {
return age>=pg;
}
}
In the second step - I suppose that's what you want to do - you can take
into account the parameter 'rating'. After all, I think it could be
better like this (it all depands on the rest of your architecture and
your requirenments):
public class MovieRating {
private int age;
public MovieRating(int age) {
this.age=age;
}
public boolean getStatus(int age) {
return age>=this.age;
}
}
Ciao,
Ingo
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