ABSTRACT

Eng. Mustafa J. Dalloul

T.A. at Computer Engineering Dept.,
IUG
 Superclass
Common Properties & methods

extend extend extend

Supclass A Supclass B Supclass C

1
public class GeometricObject {
private String color = "RED";
private boolean filled;
private java.util.Date creationDate;

public GeometricObject() {
creationDate = new java.util.Date();
}

public GeometricObject(boolean filled, Date creationDate) {

this.filled = filled;
this.creationDate = creationDate;
}

public String getColor() {

return color;
}

public void setColor(String color) {

this.color = color;
}

public boolean isFilled() {

return filled;
}

public void setFilled(boolean filled) {

this.filled = filled;
}

public Date getCreationDate() {

return creationDate;
}

public void setCreationDate(Date creationDate) {

this.creationDate = creationDate;
}

@Override
public String toString() { /* The toString() method returns a string
representation of the object.*/
return "Created on: "+creationDate;
}

2
public class Circle extends GeometricObject{
private double radius;

public Circle(double radius) {

this.radius = radius;
}

public Circle(double radius, String color, boolean filled, Date creationDate) {

super(color, filled, creationDate);
this.radius = radius;
}

public double getRadius() {

return radius;
}

public void setRadius(double radius) {

this.radius = radius;
}

public double getArea(){

return radius*radius*Math.PI;
}

}
/*******************************************************************************/
public class Rectangle extends GeometricObject {

private double width, height;

public Rectangle(double width, double height) {

this.width = width;
this.height = height;
}

public void setHeight(double height) {

this.height = height;
}

public void setWidth(double width) {

this.width = width;
}

public double getHeight() {

return height;
}

public double getWidth() {

return width;
}

public double getArea(){

return width*height;
}
}

3
 public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Circle c = new Circle(14);
System.out.println("A circle: "+ c.toString());
System.out.println("The color is: "+ c.getColor());
System.out.println("Is filled: "+c.isFilled());
System.out.println("The area: "+c.getArea());

Rectangle r = new Rectangle(200, 300);

System.out.println("A rectangle: "+ r.toString());
System.out.println("The color is: "+ r.getColor());
System.out.println("Is filled: "+r.isFilled());
System.out.println("The area: "+r.getArea());
}
}

4
It can be used in two ways:

.
.
public Circle(double radius, String color, boolean filled, Date creationDate) {
super(color, filled, creationDate);
this.radius = radius;
}
.
.

5
public class ConstructorChaining {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new employee();
}
}

class person{
public person(){
System.out.println("1- Person Here");
}
}

class stuff extends person {

public stuff(){
this("2- Invoke Stuff's overloaded constructor");
System.out.println("3- Stuff Here");
}
public stuff(String message){
System.out.println(message);
}
}

class employee extends stuff{

public employee(){
System.out.println("4- Employee Here");
}
}