School:

This class is the super class of my project. Its purpose is to provide methods that relate to the way a school would work. It focuses mainly on how many students can attend the school and how many hours are in a school day. For more information about the different methods in this class, refer to the comments made in my code.

Code

public class School

{

private int maxStudentBodySize;//creates an instance variable called maxStudentBodySize

public School()//zero argument constructor

{

maxStudentBodySize = 400;//initializes the instance variable maxStudentBodySize

}//this initializes the instance variables for when the zero argument constructor is used

public School (int maxStudentBodySize)//multi argument constructor

{

this.maxStudentBodySize = maxStudentBodySize;//this sets the instance variable to the parameter in the multi argument constructor

}//this initializes the instance varibales for when the multi argument constructor is used

public void setMaxStudentBodysize(int maxSize)//setter method

{

maxStudentBodySize = maxSize;//sets the instance varibale to the paramter

}//this method allows the user to change the student body's maximum if they choose to

public int getMaxStudentBodySize()//getter method

{

return maxStudentBodySize;//gets whatever the maximum student body size is and returns it for the user

}

public String fullSchool(int size)//this method tells the user information about the school's size

//this method takes a parameter for the school size

{

String output = new String();//creates a new string for the method

if (maxStudentBodySize > size)

{

output = "There is room for " +(maxStudentBodySize-size)+ " more students.";

}//this returns how many students can join the school if there is room

else if (size > maxStudentBodySize)

{

output = "The school must get rid of " +(size-maxStudentBodySize) + " students.";

}//this returns how many students must leave the school if the size is over the maximum

else

{

output = "The school is full. No more students can be admitted.";

}//this returns that the school is full if the size and maximum are the same

return output;//returns the result of the if statement

}//this method will return whether or not the school has enough students, too many, or too little

public String schoolHours(int start, int end)//this method tells you how many hours are in the school day

{

String output = new String();//creates a new string

int hours = (end - start);//calculates how many hours are in the school day form the parameters given

return "There are " +hours+ " hours in the school day.";//an organized format for returning the output of the method

}

}