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I need to write a method that overwrites ArrayList's add method (the class I'm writing in is an extension of ArrayList) so that it takes in one argument and adds that to the ArrayList, but will not let the user add anymore arguments to the ArrayList, one is the max. It just returns false if the user tries to add anymore arguments. Can someone help me write this..I'm not sure where to begin..
Is this a state question? Can your add method detect a state and return false?
The state being that an element has been added already.
This bit is confusing. Arguments are what you put in () to pass to a method. You won't be overriding the add() method if you have different arguments than the base class has.Quote:
tries to add anymore arguments
Do you mean "add more elements"?
Well here's what I wrote. Is this make sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm
NOTE: The ArrayList is made of Objects called LatLon, the name of this class is PinPlacemark which extends Placemark, but Placemark extends ArrayList<LatLon>.
So, what I want this code to do is add the LatLon add instance, but not allow the user to add anymore LatLons. So, one is the maximum number of LatLons this ArrayList can hold.Code:public class PinPlacemark extends Placemark {
public boolean add(LatLon add){
if(this.size() == 0){
this.add(add);
return true;
}
if(this.size()>0){
return false;
}
else{
return false;
}
}
}
Looks reasonable. What happens with it?
Why are you using an ArrayList to hold only one element???? Makes no sense!!!
Yeah idk about that yet, I'm still working on the assignment :), but that code does what I want it to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm