Source of GradeBook.java


  1: // Fig. 3.7: GradeBook.java
  2: // GradeBook class that contains a courseName instance variable 
  3: // and methods to set and get its value.
  4: 
  5: public class GradeBook
  6: {
  7:    private String courseName; // course name for this GradeBook
  8: 
  9:    // method to set the course name
 10:    public void setCourseName( String name )
 11:    {
 12:       courseName = name; // store the course name
 13:    } // end method setCourseName
 14: 
 15:    // method to retrieve the course name
 16:    public String getCourseName()
 17:    {
 18:       return courseName;
 19:    } // end method getCourseName
 20: 
 21:    // display a welcome message to the GradeBook user
 22:    public void displayMessage()
 23:    {
 24:       // this statement calls getCourseName to get the 
 25:       // name of the course this GradeBook represents
 26:       System.out.printf( "Welcome to the grade book for\n%s!\n", 
 27:          getCourseName() );
 28:    } // end method displayMessage
 29: 
 30: } // end class GradeBook
 31: 
 32: 
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