Representing Name 2 (Help)

[Tmcclain]

I try to do as much as I can.

1. Write a class Name that stores a person's first, middle, and last names and provides the following methods:

· public Name(String first, String middle, String last)—constructor. The name should be stored in the case given; don't convert to all upper or lower case.

· public String getFirst()—returns the first name

· public String getMiddle()—returns the middle name

· public String getLast()—returns the last name

· public String firstMiddleLast()—returns a string containing the person's full name in order, e.g., "Mary Jane Smith".

· public String lastFirstMiddle()—returns a string containing the person's full name with the last name first followed by a comma, e.g., "Smith, Mary Jane".

· public boolean equals(Name otherName)—returns true if this name is the same as otherName. Comparisons should not be case sensitive. (Hint: There is a String method equalsIgnoreCase that is just like the String method equals except it does not consider case in doing its comparison.)

· public String initials()—returns the person's initials (a 3-character string). The initials should be all in upper case, regardless of what case the name was entered in. (Hint: Instead of using charAt, use the substring method of String to get a string containing only the first letter—then you can upcase this one-letter string. See Figure 3.1 in the text for a description of the substring method.)

· public int length()—returns the total number of characters in the full name, not including spaces.



2. Now write a program TestNames.java that prompts for and reads in two names from the user (you'll need first, middle, and last for each), creates a Name object for each, and uses the methods of the Name class to do the following:

a. For each name, print

· first-middle-last version

· last-first-middle version

· initials

· length

b. Tell whether or not the names are the same.

Here is my name.java and testname.java program

// ****************************************************************
// Names.java
// Tanesha McClain
// A name that stores a person's first, middle, and last names
//
// ****************************************************************
public class Name{
String first, middle, last, fullName, fullName2;

//constructor
public Name(String firstName, String middleName, String lastName, String firstMiddleLast, String lastFirstMiddle) {
first = firstName;
middle = middleName;
last = lastName;
fullName = firstMiddleLast;
fullName2 = lastFirstMiddle;
}

public String getFirstName() {
return first;
}

public String getMiddleName() {
return middle;
}

public String getLastName() {
return last;
}

public String getfirstMiddleLast(){
return fullName;
}

public String getlastFirstMiddle(){
return fullName2;
}

public String toString() {
return first + ' ' + middle + ' ' + last + "\n";
}

} // end class


// ****************************************************************
// TestNames.java
//
// Tests out the Names class
// ****************************************************************
public class TestNames
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Name name1 = new Name("Tanesha");
Name name2 = new Name("Nicole");
Name name3 = new Name("McClain");
Name name4 = new Name("Tanesha Nicole McClain");
Name name5 = new Name("McClain, Tanesha Nicole");

System.out.println(name1.first());
System.out.println(name2.middle());
System.out.println(name3.last());
System.out.println("Initials: " + name1.initials());
System.out.println("Length: " + name1.length());
System.out.println();
System.out.println(name2.firstMiddleLast());
System.out.println(name2.lastFirstMiddle());
System.out.println("Initials: " + name2.initials());
System.out.println("Length: " + name2.length());
System.out.println();
if (name1.equals(name2))
{
System.out.println("They are the same name.");
}
else
{
System.out.println("They are not the same name.");
}
}
}

[TBeck]

a couple of pointers:
in your test cases, when making a new Name object the parameters must be the same as they are in the Name class Constructor. In your case your constructor public Name(String firstName, String middleName, String lastName, String firstMiddleLast, String lastFirstMiddle) has 5 strings parameters but when you are creating the new object Name name1 = new Name("Tanesha"); you only have one string.

Also, when you want to retrieve the variables stored in the object you must use the accessor methods like
public String getFirstName() {
return first;
}
so instead of System.out.println(name1.first());
you should have System.out.println(name1.getFirstName());

hope this points you in the right direction