Address Class

Overview

Models an address.

Address is immutable and unique (based on house name/number and post code).

Package

UtilityClasses

Constructor

private Address(String aHouseNum, String aFirstLine, String aSecondLine, String aTown, String aCounty, String aPostCode)

    Post-condition: returns an instance of Address from the supplied arguments

Static Members

private static final Map<String, Address> addresses

Static Methods

public Address createNewAddress(String aHouseNum, String aFirstLine, String aSecondLine, String aTown, String aCounty, String aPostCode)

    Pre-condition: aHouseNum and aPostCode may not be null.

    Post-condition: returns an instance of Address from the supplied arguments or returns an existing Address instance that has the same house name/number and post code.

Attributes

private final String houseNum

private final String firstLine

private final String secondLine

private final String town

private final String county

private final String postCode

Links

None

Protocol

public String toString()

    Post-condition: returns a string representation of the receiver, the house number/name the first line of the address and the post code.

public String getHouseNum()

public String getFirstLine()

public String getSecondLine()

public String getTown()

public String getCounty()

public String getPostCode()

Inner Classes

None

Examples

Discussion

• Do we need all these getters?
• The strange toString() return is because I_ve realized that an post code/houseNum fixes an address but first line is more human readable
• Most addresses will have a telephone number