print/search function in bluej?

[zelhopper]

hi,

i have been trying to do this myself for the past month, i have the "objects first with java" book and still cannot find what i am looking for.
i need to know what is the code for my stock class that is required to:

search for and print all objects that match the term the user enters

i.e - when i select this function it should pop up a message that allows me to enter a string value. it then searches through my arraylist for any objects with matching string values and prints theme

i remember using this function before but cannot remember the code.
i have 2 classes car and stock
car:

/**
 * The Car class represents a car object. Information about the car is stored and can be retrieved.
 */
public class Car
{
    private String make;
    private String model;
    private String reg;
    private int paid;
    private int sold;

    /**
     * Initializing the Car class.
     */
    public Car(String theMake, String theModel, String theReg, int PricePaid, int PriceSold)
    {
        make = theMake;
        model = theModel;
        reg = theReg;
        paid = PricePaid;
        sold = PriceSold;
    }

    /**
     * Print details about this Car
     */
    public void print()
    {
        System.out.println("Make: " + make + " - Model: " + model + " - Reg: " + reg + " - Paid: " + paid
                            + " - Sold: " + sold + ".");
    }
}

stock:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
 * The Stock class is a functions like a database. It is the facility to store all the information
 * on cars that delboy has.
 */
public class Stock
{
    private ArrayList<Car> cars;

    /**
     * Construct an empty Stock database.
     */
    public Stock()
    {
        cars = new ArrayList<Car>();
    }

    /**
     * Add a new car to the Stock class.
     */
    public void addCar(Car theCar)
    {
        cars.add(theCar);
    }

    /**
     * Print a list of all stored Cars.
     */
    public void listCars()
    {
        Iterator<Car> it = cars.iterator();
        while(it.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println(it.next());
        }
    }
}

the problem is that i want a search function that will print out a list of results e.g. search for "ford" and it will print out all the cars of make "ford"

[DarrylBurke]

Cross posted
print/search function in bluej? - CodeGuru Forums

db

[zelhopper]

yes its cross posted but only because i need an answer quickly

[Fubarable]

yes its cross posted but only because i need an answer quickly

So it doesn't bother you if a volunteer at one of your cross-post site spends time trying to answer the question without realizing that it's already been answered elsewhere?

As for me, I'd prefer not answering questions of folks that don't care about my time. I'd much prefer they told me up front if they were cross-posting and where.

[Fubarable]

hi,

i have been trying to do this myself for the past month, i have the "objects first with java" book and still cannot find what i am looking for.
i need to know what is the code for my stock class that is required to:

search for and print all objects that match the term the user enters

i.e - when i select this function it should pop up a message that allows me to enter a string value. it then searches through my arraylist for any objects with matching string values and prints theme

i remember using this function before but cannot remember the code.
i have 2 classes car and stock
car:

/**
 * The Car class represents a car object. Information about the car is stored and can be retrieved.
 */
public class Car
{
    private String make;
    private String model;
    private String reg;
    private int paid;
    private int sold;

    /**
     * Initializing the Car class.
     */
    public Car(String theMake, String theModel, String theReg, int PricePaid, int PriceSold)
    {
        make = theMake;
        model = theModel;
        reg = theReg;
        paid = PricePaid;
        sold = PriceSold;
    }

    /**
     * Print details about this Car
     */
    public void print()
    {
        System.out.println("Make: " + make + " - Model: " + model + " - Reg: " + reg + " - Paid: " + paid
                            + " - Sold: " + sold + ".");
    }
}

stock:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
 * The Stock class is a functions like a database. It is the facility to store all the information
 * on cars that delboy has.
 */
public class Stock
{
    private ArrayList<Car> cars;

    /**
     * Construct an empty Stock database.
     */
    public Stock()
    {
        cars = new ArrayList<Car>();
    }

    /**
     * Add a new car to the Stock class.
     */
    public void addCar(Car theCar)
    {
        cars.add(theCar);
    }

    /**
     * Print a list of all stored Cars.
     */
    public void listCars()
    {
        Iterator<Car> it = cars.iterator();
        while(it.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println(it.next());
        }
    }
}

the problem is that i want a search function that will print out a list of results e.g. search for "ford" and it will print out all the cars of make "ford"

So, if you truly desire our help, I have two suggestions:

• Show links to any and all cross-posts
• Show us your attempt to solve this. We have no idea what you're doing wrong or what your missing based on your post above.

[zelhopper]

i would close the other post once i received a working answer and surely the is only one correct answer to my question which is clearly detailed above. i mentioned what resources i have used as well i really didnt think it was such a difficult problem.

[JosAH]

i would close the other post once i received a working answer and surely the is only one correct answer to my question which is clearly detailed above. i mentioned what resources i have used as well i really didnt think it was such a difficult problem.

It is quite difficult; for starters, your first comment for the Car class isn't true:

/**  * The Car class represents a car object. Information about the car is stored and can be retrieved.  */

My question: how can any information be retrieved? Through the String representation of this class? That'd be hacking. There is absolutly nothing in your code of your classes that helps a wanted search or print functionality. We are not going to do all that work for you.

Jos

[zelhopper]

i thought that by using the stock class where the arraylist is all the information about the car is stored once it has been added. does that not mean that you only need the printing searching functions in the stock class?

and also there is a print function that prints out the details of that car.

    /**
     * Print details about this Car
     */
    public void print()
    {
        System.out.println("Make: " + make + " - Model: " + model + " - Reg: " + reg + " - Paid: " + paid
                            + " - Sold: " + sold + ".");
    }
}

[JosAH]

i thought that by using the stock class where the arraylist is all the information about the car is stored once it has been added. does that not mean that you only need the printing searching functions in the stock class?

and also there is a print function that prints out the details of that car.

That Stock class doesn't have access to the details of a Car object either (the properties are private and there are no getXXX() methods in the Car class). Trying to obtain the values of the properties through its String representation (the print() method) is a hack.

Jos