help creating a virtual Object

**mickey2012** · March 11th, 2012, 08:40 PM

I'm stuck on how to get started on this part of my assignment. These are my instructions.
The next class that you need to create will be what I call a Virtual Object. It is an object that we are creating so that we can store data in a concise and thoughtful manner. The only thing we want to do here is store data for easy access and referencing from other classes.

Class Name: Student
Default Constructor – Should do nothing
Overridden Constructor – Should create a student with a name and all 10 grades

Global Variables:
strStudentName
dblAssignmentOne
dblAssignmentTwo
dblAssignmentThree
dblAssignmentFour
dblAssignmentFive
dblAssignmentSix
dblAssignmentSeven
dblAssignmentEight
dblAssignmentNine
dblAssignmentTen

Methods: Each global variable should have an accessor (getter) and a mutator (setter).
I posted a sample peice. Is this what it is asking for? or am I way off?

public class student{
 
public String getStudentName(String strStudentName){
return strStudentName;
}
pubic String setStudentName(String strStudentName){
this.strStudentName = strStudentName;
}
public String getdblAssignmentOne(double dblAssignmentOne){
return dblAssignmentOne;
}
pubic String setdblAssignmentOne(double dblAssignmentOne){
this.dblAssignmentOne = dblAssignmentOne;
}

**helloworld922** · March 12th, 2012, 12:38 AM

you're not way off, but slightly.

A getter is meant to "get" data. It doesn't require any input parameters, and should return the value in question.

An example getter:

public class A
{
    private String foo;
 
    public String getFoo()
    {
        return foo;
    }
}

By the same token, a setter "sets" data fields. It takes in input parameter(s) and modifies internal fields appropriately. A typical setter modifies one field exclusively. Almost always these methods do not return any values.

An example setter:

public class A
{
    private String foo;
 
    public void setFoo(String value)
    {
        foo = value;
    }
}

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