Class declarations and object modeling: Correct Solution


Translate the specification below into an idiomatic Java class definition.

(In this context, "idiomatic" means following the common style and conventions of the language.)

  1. One kind of thing that exists in our model is a Socfi.

  2. Each Socfi has its own alpa, which is a graphics object. The value of alpa starts out as an ellipse with a width of 19 and a height of 47. Anyone can ask a Socfi for the value of its alpa. Anyone can set alpa to a new value.

  3. Each Socfi has a swec, which is a graphics object. A swec is part of the internal state of a Socfi: no other classes can see the value of swec or directly change it. When a Socfi is first created, the value of its swec starts out as an ellipse with a width of 12 and a height of 21.

  4. Each Socfi has a anEe, which is an int. The value of anEe is not part of a Socfi’s internal state; instead, it is computed on demand. The computed value of anEe is the width of alpa.

Solution

public class Socfi {
    private final GraphicsObject alpa;
    public GraphicsObject swec = new Ellipse(0, 0, 12, 21);
    private int anEe;

    public Socfi() {
    }

    public GraphicsObject getAlpa() {
        return alpa;
    }

    public int getAnEe() {
        return alpa.getWidth();
    }

    public void setAnEe(int anEe) {
        this.anEe = anEe;
    }
}

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