Class ListOfSkills

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class ListOfSkills

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

Represents a list of employee skills.

Field Summary

private java.util.Vector

data A vector of skills

Constructor Summary

ListOfSkills()
Constructs an empty list of skills

ListOfSkills(java.util.Vector skills)
Construct a list of skills from a vector of skills

Method Summary

void	AddSkill(Skills toAdd) Add a skill to the list.
java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a copy of the current object
Skills	GetSkill(java.lang.String skillName) Get a particular skill from a list.
java.lang.String[]	GetSkillNames() Gets the names of all the skills in the list
boolean	IsIn(Skills toCheck) Checks to see if a skill is in the list
void	RemoveSkills(ListOfSkills toRemove) Removes skills from the list

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

data

private java.util.Vector data

A vector of skills

Constructor Detail

ListOfSkills

public ListOfSkills()

Constructs an empty list of skills

Pre-conditions: none
Post-conditions: The vector of data for this class is initialized.

ListOfSkills

public ListOfSkills(java.util.Vector skills)

Construct a list of skills from a vector of skills

Pre-conditions: none
Post-conditions: The private vector of date for this class is set to the passed vector.

Parameters:

skills - a vector of skills to be added to the new list

Method Detail

AddSkill

public void AddSkill(Skills toAdd)

Add a skill to the list.

Pre-conditions: A valid variable of type Skills is passed.
Post-conditions: The private variable is set to the passed variable.

Parameters:

toAdd - skill to add to the list

RemoveSkills

public void RemoveSkills(ListOfSkills toRemove)

Removes skills from the list

Pre-conditions: A valid variable of type ListOfSkills is passed.
Post-conditions: If the passed skills exist in the private vector, they are removed.

Parameters:

toRemove - a list of skills to remove

GetSkillNames

public java.lang.String[] GetSkillNames()

Gets the names of all the skills in the list

Pre-conditions: none
Post-conditions: The list of skills is returned as an array of skills.

Returns:

an array of strings representing all the names of skills in the list

GetSkill

public Skills GetSkill(java.lang.String skillName)

Get a particular skill from a list.

Pre-conditions: A valid variable of type String is passed containing a valid skill name.
Post-conditions: If the passed skill's name is found in the private vector of skills, a variable of type Skills is returned.

Parameters:

skillName - the name of the skill to get

Returns:

a copy of the skill that matches the given name; if none is found, then return is null

IsIn

public boolean IsIn(Skills toCheck)

Checks to see if a skill is in the list

Pre-conditions: A valid variable of type Skills is passed.
Post-conditions: If the passed variable is found in the vector of skills, then True is returned. Otherwise False is returned.

Parameters:

toCheck - skill to look for in the list (Searches by name)

Returns:

true if the skill is in the list, false otherwise

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates a copy of the current object

Pre-conditions: none
Post-conditions: A copy of the current ListOfEmployees object is returned.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the copy