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Query about Video.java in Servlets Assignment 4a

 
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Hi there,
1. Why does the Video.java constructor not include any reference to the boolean VHS and/or DVD that are in the global variables of Video.java?
2. Any ideas where I should look on the internet for suggestions as to how I should create/connect the boolean references to a Video Object (does it have to be done before the Object is created or after? for example)
All the best,
Kate!!
 
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Doesn't it have get and set methods?
 
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Hi there Marilyn,
Well, it has "setxxx (boolean)" methods, but no "getxxx (return boolean)" methods, only "inxxx (return boolean)" methods, which I haven't come across before - is that how boolean variables are usually "handled"?
I've got the boolean variables to work (a bit like adding chopped fruit to a jelly before it has set?) - probably not up to nitpicking standard!
Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction (hopefully!).
All the best,
Kate!!
[ March 11, 2004: Message edited by: Kate Head ]
 
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Typically, getters for boolean values are called isXXXX(). Sometimes the grammar gets pretty convoluted to get it to start with "is", so I've seen hasXXX() and areXXX().
 
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