Package eu.kartoffelquadrat.zoo

Class Zoo

java.lang.Object

eu.kartoffelquadrat.zoo.Zoo

public class Zoo
extends Object

Principal class of the Zoo, offering all relevant public functionality. Access to public methods of this implementation is demonstrated in the DesktopLauncher class. This class is a singleton.

Author:

Maximilian Schiedermeier

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addAnimal(String name, Animal animal)	Setter to add a new animal to the zoo.
Collection<String>	getAllAnimalNames()	Returns a list with all animal names.
Animal	getAnimalDetails(String name)	Getter to look up details on one specific animal, identified by name.
static Zoo	getInstance()	Singleton patter access method.
OpeningHours	getOpeningHours()	Getter to retrieve the zoo opening hours.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getInstance

public static Zoo getInstance()

Singleton patter access method.

Returns:

the one and only Zoo instance.

getAllAnimalNames

public Collection<String> getAllAnimalNames()

Returns a list with all animal names.

Returns:

Collection with the names of all indexed animals.

getAnimalDetails

public Animal getAnimalDetails(String name)

Getter to look up details on one specific animal, identified by name.

Parameters:

name - as the animals name.

Returns:

the animal object associated to this name.

addAnimal

public void addAnimal(String name,
 Animal animal)

Setter to add a new animal to the zoo.

Parameters:

name - as the name of the animal to index.

animal - as the characteristics of the animal to add.

getOpeningHours

public OpeningHours getOpeningHours()

Getter to retrieve the zoo opening hours.

Returns:

the zoo opening hours.