NEC_Event.java

package eventmanage;

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

/**
 * Class to represent individual Events *** DO NOT MODIFY ***
 *
 * @author Faiyaz Doctor
 * @version 1.2 - 25/09/13
 */
public class NEC_Event implements Comparable<NEC_Event> {
    private static DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

    private String name;      // name of the event
    private String layout;    // layout configuration of the event
    private String id;        // unique event ID
    private Date date;        // Date of the event
    private int hall;         // number of hall

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    public NEC_Event(String name, String layout, String id, Date date, int hall) {
        this.name = name;
        this.layout = layout;
        this.id = id;
        this.date = date;
        this.hall = hall;
    }

    /**
     * Get the event's name
     * @return the name string
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Get the event' layout
     * @return the layout string
     */
    public String getLayout() {
        return layout;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the event' layout configuration
     * @return a string notification 
     */
    public String setLayout() {
        return new String("Configuring layout according to event selected layout....");
    }

    /**
     * Get the event's ID
     * @return the event's ID string
     */
    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    /**
     * Get the event's date
     * @return the event's date string
     */
    public Date getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * Get the event's hall
     * @return the hall string
     */
    public int getHall() {
        return hall;
    }

    /**
     * Implement Comparable based on ID comparisons
     * @param other the other event
     * @return the result of the ID comparision
     */
    public int compareTo(NEC_Event other) {
        return this.getId().compareTo(other.getId());
    }

    /**
     * Override the default equals(), based on IDs
     * @param obj  the other Object
     * @return true if obj has same ID, else false
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (!(obj instanceof NEC_Event)) return false;
        return this.id.equals(((NEC_Event) obj).id);
    }

    /**
     * Create a string with the layout ID, name, layout, start date, and hall number
     * concatenated in that order, separated by colons ':'
     * @return a printable string as above
     */
    public String toString() {
        return id + ":" + name + ":" + layout + ":" + df.format(date) + ":" + hall + "\n";
    }
}