Post date: Aug 27, 2010 5:32:19 AM
One part of Project 3 that we have not yet talked about is how the example Garage class in main() is able to display such a nice looking inventory with a simple System.out.println(garage); even though System.out knows next to nothing about the database. The output is shown below. It manages this through operator overloading (similar to some constructors we've seen), inheritance, and delegation.
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Your garage holds 3 bikes.
0:
Blue Batavus 700 x 700
1:
Bumble Bee 26 x 26
2:
Red Rocket 20 x 26
High Racer 26 x 26
Pack 1 spare(s).
High Racer: Look, no hands!
Your garage holds 3 bikes.
0:
Blue Batavus 700 x 700
1:
Bumble Bee 26 x 26
2:
High Racer 26 x 26
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