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Thread: Populate an Object with Other Objects

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    Default Populate an Object with Other Objects

    I am using inheritance in a pretty standard exercise here.

    I have a Card class and then a few classes that extend the Card class of different Card Types.

    I however have a different type of class that still extends my Card class but is dealing with a LinkedList.

    I have all of this accomplished, however in the exercise, there is a step that states "Have a main() method populate a Billfold object with Card objects, and then call
    printCards()."


    Here is the BillFold class.

    import java.util.*;
     
    public class Billfold extends Card
    {
    	LinkedList<Card> cards;
     
    	Card firstCard;
    	Billfold billf;
     
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
     
    		billf = new Billfold();
     
    		printCards();
    	}
     
     
    	public Billfold()
    	{
     
    		cards = new LinkedList<Card>();
     
     
    	}
     
     
    	public void addCard(Card newCard)
    	{
    		if(firstCard == null)
    			firstCard = newCard;
    		else
    			cards.add(newCard);
    	}
     
    	public void printCards()
    	{
    		for(int i = 0; i < cards.size(); i++)
    		{
     
    			if(cards.get(i) != null)
    			{
    				super.print();
    			}
    		}
    	}
    }

    And then here is the original Card class BillFold is extending
       import java.util.*;
       import java.io.*;
     
     
       public class Card
       {
          private String name;
          private Card nextCard;
     
    		public Card()
          {
             name = "";
          }
          public Card(String n)
          {
             name = n;
          }
          public Card getNext()
          {
             return nextCard;
          }
          public boolean isExpired()
          {
             return false;
          }
          public void print()
          {
             System.out.println("Card holder: " + name);
          }
          public void setNext(Card c)
          {
             nextCard = c;
          }
     
       }

    So my question is: What does it mean to populate a Billfold object with Card objects in my Billfold Class?

    *Don't be confused by my inheritance info, this question is not about inheritance.

    Thanks in advance.


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    Default Re: Populate an Object with Other Objects

    Quote Originally Posted by EmSaint View Post
    So my question is: What does it mean to populate a Billfold object with Card objects in my Billfold Class?
    Your guess is as good as anyone else's. I would presume it means to add cards to the Billfold class.

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    Default Re: Populate an Object with Other Objects

    First and foremost, having Billfold extend Card is totally inappropriate. Inheritance implies a is-a relationship. Would you say Billfold is-a Card?

    db

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