I'm trying to print an arraylist that is in one class, based on one of the parameters from another class. Is this possible?
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class TVShow {
private String title;
private String summary;
private String releaseDate;
private ArrayList<Episode> episodeList;
public TVShow(String title, String summary, String releaseDate) {
this.title = title;
this.summary = summary;
this.releaseDate = releaseDate;
this.episodeList = new ArrayList<>();
}
public void addEpisode(Episode episode) {
episodeList.add(episode);
}
public printEpisodesInSeason(int seasonNr) {
// How can I make this method access the other class and
// print the episodeList by season number?
for (Episode episode : episodeList) {
return System.out.println(episode.);
}
}
}
public class Episode {
private int episodeNr;
private int seasonNr;
private String eTitle;
private int runTime;
public Episode(int episodeNr, int seasonNr, String eTitle, int runTime) {
this.episodeNr = episodeNr;
this.seasonNr = seasonNr;
this.eTitle = eTitle;
this.runTime = runTime;
}
}
EDIT: I think I misinterpreted the question. You want to only print the episodes from a specific season. This can be done by applying the filter function on the episodeList as follows:
for (Episode episode : episodeList.stream().filter(episode -> episode.getSeasonNr() == seasonNr).collect(Collectors.toList()))
{ ... }
This is ofcourse assuming you apply the getter setter pattern as described below before I edited the answer.
The filter function takes an anonymous function and applies it to all members of a collection. This way, only the episodes which have a season number that is supplied by the user are returned. Then, the foreach loop iterates over the resulting collection.
You could either make the members of Episode public by defining:
public class Episode {
public int episodeNr;
public int seasonNr;
public String eTitle;
public int runTime;
public Episode(int episodeNr, int seasonNr, String eTitle, int runTime) {
this.episodeNr = episodeNr;
this.seasonNr = seasonNr;
this.eTitle = eTitle;
this.runTime = runTime;
}
}
But this is seen as bad practice. The better way to do it is by defining methods in your Episode class to return the value of the class' fields like for example:
public class Episode {
public int episodeNr;
public int seasonNr;
public String eTitle;
public int runTime;
public Episode(int episodeNr, int seasonNr, String eTitle, int runTime) {
this.episodeNr = episodeNr;
this.seasonNr = seasonNr;
this.eTitle = eTitle;
this.runTime = runTime;
}
public String getTitle() {
return this.eTitle;
}
}
This practice is called getters and setters and it positively impacts the encapsulation of the code. You could then obtain the value of the Episode's members by calling, for example episode.getTitle().
I'm working with JSON. So I have following POJO classes Position, Person.
Where Person my needed class.
I need to receive formatted values of fields only of Person (I'm using only this class, Position it's class accroding my JSON strucutre)
Where better implement formatting logic in Position or Person?
1st variant, formatting logic in Position class
public Position {
private String value;
public String getFormattedValue() {
//Value formatting...
return value;
}
public Person {
private Position position;
..other fields
public String getFormattedValue() {
return position.getFormattedValue();
}
}
//using
String neededFormattedValue = new Person().getFormattedValue();
2nd variant, formatting logic in Person class
public Position {
private String value;
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
public Person {
private Position position;
..other fields
public String getFormattedValue() {
String value = position.getValue()
//Value formatting...
return value;
}
}
//using
String neededFormattedValue = new Person().getFormattedValue();
I would suggest to have second variant, as you Position class should not have formatting logic.
The second one is more loosely coupled.
I have been having problems converting between JSON, POJO and XML.
So it seems best to use the exact name for get / set, albeit the first character - which is always capitalized.
Eg. If the fields use correct formatting, Android Studio usually suggests the methods(functions) names. Where the class contains private String value;, when you begin typing public get... AS should provide you a list. The correct syntax for the get method would be public getValue() ....
public class abc()
{
private String value;
private int some_id_of_a_record;
private String anotherString;
public String getValue()
{...}
public int getSome_id_of_a_record()
{...}
public String getAnotherString()
{...}
...
}
I have set of objects of different types.
Ex : Employee emp, adress adr
These two classes have list of properties
public class Employee{
private Stringname;
private int age;
}
public class Adress {
private String HouseNo;
private string Street;
private string pin;
}
Each attribute is assigned with some 2 character value
Name (NA), age (AG), HouseNo(HN),Street(ST), pin(PN)
I need to construct a string with these data and delimit with a %
Output:
NA%Vidhya%AG%30%HN%80%ST%1st cross%PN%100100
Each class knows it own data best so I would let each class be responsible for generating the string. As I understand it the two char codes for each field are unique for each class and member and only used when generating the string so only the class would need them.
interface AttributeDescription {
String generateDescription();
}
public class Employee implements AttributeDescription {
//members...
public String generateDescription() {
return String.format(“NA%%%s%%AG%%%d”, name, age)
}
Then simply call this method for all objects implementing the interface.
AttributeDescription object = ...
String attr = object.generateDescription();
I don't think it can be generalized more than this given the requirements.
Update
It might be better to have a builder class for building the string to get a more unified behavior between classes. Here is an example
public class AttributeBuilder {
private builder = new StringBuilder();
public String getAttribute() {
return builder.toString();
}
public void add(String code, String value) {
if (value == null) {
return;
}
builder.append(code);
builder.append(‘%’);
builder.append(value);
builder.append(‘%’);
}
}
And then you would also have to implement add(...) methods for other data types in a similar fashion. The builder could then be used like
public String generateDescription() {
AttributeBuilder builder = new AttributeBuilder();
builder.add(“NA”, name);
builder.add(“AG”, age);
return builder.getAttribute();
}
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Java enum elements with spaces?
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I need to make an Enum containing some strings with spaces and their values in int like:
public enum status{
Active(1),
Inactive(2);
}
because I am using it with hibernate and also will convert it to JSON for alpaca js forms.
like:
[{"text": "Inactive", "value":"2"},{"text": "Active", "value":"1"}]
I'm stuck in making enum. how to make such type of enum?
You can not put space between strings. Instead of the you can use underscore as follows:
In_Active
You can use this way:
enum Status {
ACTIVE("Active", 1), IN_ACTIVE("In Active", 2);
private final String key;
private final Integer value;
Status(String key, Integer value) {
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
}
public String getKey() {
return key;
}
public Integer getValue() {
return value;
}
}
You can hold multiple values in one enum and even have getters to handle them. Here is an example I used once (I try to adapt it to your problem):
public enum Status{
ACTIVE(1, "Active"),
INACTIVE(2, "In Active");
private final Integer value;
private final String text;
/**
* A mapping between the integer code and its corresponding text to facilitate lookup by code.
*/
private static Map<Integer, Status> valueToTextMapping;
private Status(Integer value, String text){
this.value = value;
this.text = text;
}
public static Status getStatus(Integer i){
if(valueToTextMapping == null){
initMapping();
}
return valueToTextMapping.get(i);
}
private static void initMapping(){
valueToTextMapping = new HashMap<>();
for(Status s : values()){
valueToTextMapping.put(s.value, s);
}
}
public Integer getValue(){
return value;
}
public String getText(){
return text;
}
#Override
public String toString(){
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("Status");
sb.append("{value=").append(value);
sb.append(", text='").append(text).append('\'')
sb.append('}');
return sb.toString();
}
}
So in your code you can simply use Status.ACTIVE and it will represent an instance of your Enum, that holds value and text the way you want it
You can't put a space in the middle of an identifier.
Check out this link Is it possible to assign numeric value to an enum in Java? for assigning the value to an enum in java.
What is the best way to use the values stored in an Enum as String literals?
For example:
public enum Modes {
some-really-long-string,
mode1,
mode2,
mode3
}
Then later I could use Mode.mode1 to return its string representation as mode1. Without having to keep calling Mode.mode1.toString().
You can't. I think you have FOUR options here. All four offer a solution but with a slightly different approach...
Option One: use the built-in name() on an enum. This is perfectly fine if you don't need any special naming format.
String name = Modes.mode1.name(); // Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its enum declaration.
Option Two: add overriding properties to your enums if you want more control
public enum Modes {
mode1 ("Fancy Mode 1"),
mode2 ("Fancy Mode 2"),
mode3 ("Fancy Mode 3");
private final String name;
private Modes(String s) {
name = s;
}
public boolean equalsName(String otherName) {
// (otherName == null) check is not needed because name.equals(null) returns false
return name.equals(otherName);
}
public String toString() {
return this.name;
}
}
Option Three: use static finals instead of enums:
public final class Modes {
public static final String MODE_1 = "Fancy Mode 1";
public static final String MODE_2 = "Fancy Mode 2";
public static final String MODE_3 = "Fancy Mode 3";
private Modes() { }
}
Option Four: interfaces have every field public, static and final:
public interface Modes {
String MODE_1 = "Fancy Mode 1";
String MODE_2 = "Fancy Mode 2";
String MODE_3 = "Fancy Mode 3";
}
Every enum has both a name() and a valueOf(String) method. The former returns the string name of the enum, and the latter gives the enum value whose name is the string. Is this like what you're looking for?
String name = Modes.mode1.name();
Modes mode = Modes.valueOf(name);
There's also a static valueOf(Class, String) on Enum itself, so you could also use:
Modes mode = Enum.valueOf(Modes.class, name);
You could override the toString() method for each enum value.
Example:
public enum Country {
DE {
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Germany";
}
},
IT {
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Italy";
}
},
US {
#Override
public String toString() {
return "United States";
}
}
}
Usage:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(Country.DE); // Germany
System.out.println(Country.IT); // Italy
System.out.println(Country.US); // United States
}
As Benny Neugebauer mentions, you could overwrite the toString(). However instead overwriting the toString for each enum field I like more something like this:
public enum Country{
SPAIN("España"),
ITALY("Italia"),
PORTUGAL("Portugal");
private String value;
Country(final String value) {
this.value = value;
}
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return this.getValue();
}
}
You could also add a static method to retrieve all the fields, to print them all, etc.
Simply call getValue to obtain the string associated to each Enum item
mode1.name() or String.valueOf(mode1). It doesn't get better than that, I'm afraid
public enum Modes {
MODE1("Mode1"),
MODE2("Mode2"),
MODE3("Mode3");
private String value;
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
private Modes(String value) {
this.value = value;
}
}
you can make a call like below wherever you want to get the value as a string from the enum.
Modes.MODE1.getvalue();
This will return "Mode1" as a String.
For my enums I don't really like to think of them being allocated with 1 String each. This is how I implement a toString() method on enums.
enum Animal
{
DOG, CAT, BIRD;
public String toString(){
switch (this) {
case DOG: return "Dog";
case CAT: return "Cat";
case BIRD: return "Bird";
}
return null;
}
}
You can use Mode.mode1.name() however you often don't need to do this.
Mode mode =
System.out.println("The mode is "+mode);
As far as I know, the only way to get the name would be
Mode.mode1.name();
If you really need it this way, however, you could do:
public enum Modes {
mode1 ("Mode1"),
mode2 ("Mode2"),
mode3 ("Mode3");
private String name;
private Modes(String s) {
name = s;
}
}
my solution for your problem!
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public enum MapEnumSample {
Mustang("One of the fastest cars in the world!"),
Mercedes("One of the most beautiful cars in the world!"),
Ferrari("Ferrari or Mercedes, which one is the best?");
private final String description;
private static Map<String, String> enumMap;
private MapEnumSample(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
public String getEnumValue() {
return description;
}
public static String getEnumKey(String name) {
if (enumMap == null) {
initializeMap();
}
return enumMap.get(name);
}
private static Map<String, String> initializeMap() {
enumMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (MapEnumSample access : MapEnumSample.values()) {
enumMap.put(access.getEnumValue(), access.toString());
}
return enumMap;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// getting value from Description
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("One of the fastest cars in the world!"));
// getting value from Constant
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.Mustang.getEnumValue());
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("One of the most beautiful cars in the world!"));
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.Mercedes.getEnumValue());
// doesnt exist in Enum
System.out.println("Mustang or Mercedes, which one is the best?");
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("Mustang or Mercedes, which one is the best?") == null ? "I don't know!" : "I believe that "
+ MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("Ferrari or Mustang, which one is the best?") + " is the best!.");
// exists in Enum
System.out.println("Ferrari or Mercedes, wich one is the best?");
System.out.println(MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("Ferrari or Mercedes, which one is the best?") == null ? "I don't know!" : "I believe that "
+ MapEnumSample.getEnumKey("Ferrari or Mercedes, which one is the best?") + " is the best!");
}
}
You can simply use:
""+ Modes.mode1
public enum Environment
{
PROD("https://prod.domain.com:1088/"),
SIT("https://sit.domain.com:2019/"),
CIT("https://cit.domain.com:8080/"),
DEV("https://dev.domain.com:21323/");
private String url;
Environment(String envUrl) {
this.url = envUrl;
}
public String getUrl() {
return url;
}
}
String prodUrl = Environment.PROD.getUrl();
It will print:
https://prod.domain.com:1088/
This design for enum string constants works in most of the cases.
Enum is just a little bit special class. Enums can store additional fields, implement methods etc. For example
public enum Modes {
mode1('a'),
mode2('b'),
mode3('c'),
;
char c;
private Modes(char c) {
this.c = c;
}
public char character() {
return c;
}
}
Now you can say:
System.out.println(Modes.mode1.character())
and see output:
a
package com.common.test;
public enum Days {
monday(1,"Monday"),tuesday(2,"Tuesday"),wednesday(3,"Wednesday"),
thrusday(4,"Thrusday"),friday(5,"Friday"),saturday(6,"Saturday"),sunday(7,"Sunday");
private int id;
private String desc;
Days(int id,String desc){
this.id=id;
this.desc=desc;
}
public static String getDay(int id){
for (Days day : Days.values()) {
if (day.getId() == id) {
return day.getDesc();
}
}
return null;
}
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getDesc() {
return desc;
}
public void setDesc(String desc) {
this.desc = desc;
}
};
This method should work with any enum:
public enum MyEnum {
VALUE1,
VALUE2,
VALUE3;
public int getValue() {
return this.ordinal();
}
public static DataType forValue(int value) {
return values()[value];
}
public String toString() {
return forValue(getValue()).name();
}
}
i found this one is more easy for preventing type error:
public enum Modes {
some-really-long-string,
mode1,
mode2,
mode3;
String str;
Modes(){
this.str = super.name();
}
#Override
#NonNull
public String toString() {
return str;
}
however - this may work when you need to use a String on a log/println or whenever java compiles the toString() method automatically, but on a code line like this ->
// sample method that require (string,value)
intent.putExtra(Modes.mode1 ,shareElement.getMode()); // java error
// first argument enum does not return value
instead as mentioned above you will still have to extend the enum and use .name() in those cases like this:
intent.putExtra(Modes.mode1.name() ,shareElement.getMode());
after many tries I have come with this solution
public static enum Operation {
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division,;
public String getUserFriendlyString() {
if (this==Addition) {
return " + ";
} else if (this==Subtraction) {
return " - ";
} else if (this==Multiplication) {
return " * ";
} else if (this==Division) {
return " / ";
}
return "undefined";
}
}
You can try this:
public enum Modes {
some-really-long-string,
mode1,
mode2,
mode3;
public String toString(){
switch(this) {
case some-really-long-string:
return "some-really-long-string";
case mode2:
return "mode2";
default: return "undefined";
}
}
}
use mode1.name() or String.valueOf(Modes.mode1)