This is the second of two examples - the first is called Javainherit - that shows classes and inheritance in Java, as demonstrated bring our recent training course in Melksham.



public class Anitest {

public static void main(String [] args) {

Animal [] beasts = new Animal[4];
beasts[0] = new Farm("Cow",100,20);
beasts[1] = new Farm("Cockerel",4,2,2);
beasts[2] = new Pet("Cat",5,300);
beasts[3] = new Myth("Thestral",90);

for (int bn=0; bn<beasts.length; bn++) {
int ew = beasts[bn].getweight();
int ev = beasts[bn].getvalue();
String et = beasts[bn].getbreed();
int el = beasts[bn].getlegs();
System.out.println(et + " which weighs " + ew +
" worth " + ev + " legs: "+el);
}

Animal best = beasts[2].morevaluable(beasts[0]);
int mv = best.getvalue();
System.out.println("More valuable is worth "+ mv);

Animal bestest = Animal.mostvaluable(beasts);
// Would have been a good idea to output the result ;-)

}}




public class Myth extends Animal {
int vpk;

public Myth (String breed, int weight) {
super(breed, weight);
}

public Myth (String breed, int weight, int legs) {
super(breed, weight, legs);
}

public int getvalue() {
return 0;
}

}




public class Pet extends Animal {
int v;

public Pet (String breed, int weight, int v) {
super(breed, weight);
this.v = v;
}

public int getvalue() {
return v;
}
}



public class Farm extends Animal {
int vpk;

public Farm (String breed, int weight, int vpk) {
super(breed, weight);
this.vpk = vpk;
}

public Farm (String breed, int weight, int vpk, int legs) {
super(breed, weight, legs);
this.vpk = vpk;
}

public int getvalue() {
return vpk * weight;
}
}




abstract public class Animal {
String breed;
int weight;
int legs;
abstract public int getvalue() ;

public Animal(String breed, int weight) {
mkobject(breed, weight, 4);
}

public Animal(String breed, int weight, int legs) {
mkobject(breed, weight, legs);
}

private void mkobject (String breed, int weight, int legs) {
this.breed = breed;
this.weight = weight;
this.legs = legs;
}

public String getbreed() {
return breed;
}

public int getweight() {
return weight;
}

public int getlegs() {
return legs;
}

public Animal morevaluable(Animal that) {
int val1 = this.getvalue();
int val2 = that.getvalue();
if (val1 > val2) return this;
return that;
}

public static Animal mostvaluable(Animal [] zoo) {
Animal mvsf = zoo[0];
for (int n=1; n<zoo.length; n++) {
mvsf = mvsf.morevaluable(zoo[n]);
}
return mvsf;
}
}

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