org.gswing.components.common
Class Entry

java.lang.Object
  org.gswing.components.common.Entry

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Entry>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstituencyEntry, ListEntry

public abstract class Entry
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<Entry>

Purpose: Represents an election result entry. That is a single candidate's result.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Entry(Election election, int votes)
Construcor.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Entry ob) Compare the number of votes of this entry with another.
Election	getElection()
abstract String	getParticipant() Get the particpant of the contest.
abstract Party	getParty() Get the party object.
abstract String	getPartyName() Get the party name.
int	getPercentage() Get the percentage of vote.
int	getPosition() Get the position of the candidate in relation to others in the same constituency.
int	getVotes() Get the number of votes.
void	incrementPosition() Add one to the candidates position.
void	setPercentage(int percent) Set the percentage of vote.
void	setVotes(int votes) Set the number of votes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Entry

public Entry(Election election,
             int votes)

Construcor.

Parameters:

election - Reference to the election of this entry.

votes - The number of votes for this candidate.

Method Detail

getPartyName

public abstract String getPartyName()

Get the party name.

Returns:

The name of the party.

getParty

public abstract Party getParty()

Get the party object.

Returns:

The the party object.

getParticipant

public abstract String getParticipant()

Get the particpant of the contest.

Returns:

The contest participant.

getVotes

public int getVotes()

Get the number of votes.

Returns:

The number of votes.

setVotes

public void setVotes(int votes)

Set the number of votes.

Parameters:

votes - The number of votes.

getElection

public Election getElection()

Returns:

Returns the election.

getPercentage

public int getPercentage()

Get the percentage of vote.

Returns:

The percentage of the vote.

setPercentage

public void setPercentage(int percent)

Set the percentage of vote.

Parameters:

percent - The percentage of the vote.

getPosition

public int getPosition()

Get the position of the candidate in relation to others in the same constituency.

Returns:

The candidate's position.

incrementPosition

public void incrementPosition()

Add one to the candidates position.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Entry ob)

Compare the number of votes of this entry with another. This is used for sorting object of this type.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Entry>

Parameters:

ob - The object to compare.

Returns:

1 if the number of votes for this entry is lower else return -1.