Getter and setter methods

Figure 214. Direct access vs. setter method Slide presentation 
package hour_second.direct;

public class Time {
    public int hour, minute;
}
package hour_second;
import hour_second.direct.Time;

public class DirectAccess {
    Time time = new Time();
    void init() {
        time.hour = 17;
        time.minute = 45;
    }
}
 
package hour_second.setter;

public class Time {
    private int hour, minute;
    public void setTime(int h, int m) {
        minute = m;
        hour = h;
    }
}
package hour_second;
import hour_second.setter.Time;
public class SetterAccess {
    Time time = new Time();
    void init() { time.setTime(17, 45);}
}

Figure 215. Why adding setter methods? Slide presentation

  • Allow for change of implementation.

  • Allow for non-business logic concerns. Examples:

    • Logging

    • Adding persistence


Figure 216. Implementation by minutes only Slide presentation 
package direct.access;
public class Time {
  // Minutes since 00:00
  public int minute;
}
import direct.access.Time;
public class DirectAccess {
  final Time time = new Time();
  void init() {
    time.minute = 720;// 12:00
  }
}
 
package access.by.setter;
public class Time {
  private int minute;   // Minutes since 00:00
  public void set(int h, int m) {
    minute = m + 60 * h;
  }
  public int getMinute(){...} // 0 to 59
  public int getHour(){...}   // 0 to 23
}
import access.by.setter.Time;
public class SetterAccess {
    final Time time = new Time();
    void init() { time.setTime(12, 0);}
}

exercise No. 92

Implementing getter methods

Q:

We reconsider the getter/setter based implementation in Figure 216, “Implementation by minutes only ”: 

public class Time {
    private int minute;   // Minutes since 00:00
    public void set(int h, int m) {
        minute = m + 60 * h;
    }

    /**
     * Getting the current time's minute portion. Example: At 17:45 a value of
     * 45 will be returned.
     *
     * @return The current time's minute portion.
     */
    public int getMinute(){
        ... // implement me
        return ...;
    }

    /**
     * Getting the current time's hour portion. Example: At 17:45 a value of
     * 17 will be returned.
     *
     * @return The current time's hour portion.
     */
    public int getHour(){
        ... // implement me
        return ...;
    }
}

Complete the two getter methods' implementation.

Tip

Keep in mind a day's duration being 86400 the private variable minute is ranging from 0 to 86399.

A:

 
package access.by.setter;

public class Time {
    private int minute;   // Minutes since 00:00
    public void set(int h, int m) {
        minute = m + 60 * h;
    }

    /**
     * Getting the current time's minute portion. Example: At 17:45 a value of
     * 45 will be returned.
     *
     * @return The current time's minute portion.
     */
    public int getMinute(){
        return minute % 60; // 1 hour equals 60 minutes
    }

    /**
     * Getting the current time's hour portion. Example: At 17:45 a value of
     * 17 will be returned.
     *
     * @return The current time's hour portion.
     */
    public int getHour(){
        return minute / 60; // 1 hour equals 60 minutes
    }
}
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