INF120 Basics in JAVA Programming AUBG, COS dept, Spring 2014 Lecture 08 Title: Methods, Part 2 Reference: MalikFarrell, chap 1, Liang, Ch 5

Lecture Contents: Methods evolution: Overloading methods Scope of method variables The Math class and its methods Method abstraction in SW development

3 Overloading Methods Evolution of the subroutine concept: two or more methods with the same name how do they differ Example: see next page Application: OOP methods - constructors

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Overloading the max Methods /** Find and Return the max of two int values */ public static int max(int num1, int num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } /** Find and return the max of two double values */ public static double max(double num1, double num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Overloading the max Methods /** Return the max of two int values */ public static int max(int num1, int num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } /** Find the max of two double values */ public static double max(double num1, double num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } /** Return the max of three double values */ public static double max(double num1, double num2, double num3) { … // can you write the method in one only statement? }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Overloading the max Methods /** Return the max of two int values */ public static int max(int num1, int num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } /** Find the max of two double values */ public static double max(double num1, double num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } /** Return the max of three double values */ public static double max(double num1, double num2, double num3) { return max(max(num1, num2), num3); }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Overloading Methods Key Point: Overloading Methods enables you to define the methods with the same name as long as their signatures are different. TestMethodOverloading

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Ambiguous Invocation Sometimes there may be two or more possible matches for an invocation of a method, but the compiler cannot determine the most specific match. This is referred to as ambiguous invocation. Ambiguous invocation is a compilation error.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Ambiguous Invocation public class AmbiguousOverloading { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(max(1, 2)); } public static double max(int num1, double num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; } public static double max(double num1, int num2) { if (num1 > num2) return num1; else return num2; }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Scope of Local Variables A local variable: a variable defined inside a method. Scope: the part of the program where the variable can be referenced. The scope of a local variable starts from its declaration and continues to the end of the block that contains the variable. A local variable must be declared before it can be used.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Scope of Local Variables, cont. F You can declare a local variable with the same name multiple times in different non- nesting blocks in a method. F But you cannot declare a local variable with the same name twice or more than 2 times in nested blocks.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Scope of Local Variables, cont. A variable declared in the initial action part of a for loop header has its scope in the entire loop. But a variable declared inside a for loop body has its scope limited in the loop body from its declaration and to the end of the block that contains the variable.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Scope of Local Variables, cont.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Scope of Local Variables, cont. // Fine with no errors public static void correctMethod() { int x = 1; int y = 1; // i is declared for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { x += i; } // i is declared again for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { y += i; }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 Scope of Local Variables, cont. // With errors public static void incorrectMethod() { int x = 1; int y = 1; for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { int x = 0; x += i; }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 Method Abstraction F Let You are user only of a method provided by others. F You can think of the method body as a black box that contains the detailed implementation for the method.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 17 Method Abstraction F Let You are developer of a method within a project. F You can think of the method body as a white box that contains the detailed implementation for the method.

18 Benefits of methods as in last lecture t Reduce complexity –“Properly designed functions permit to ignore how a job’s done. Knowing what is done is sufficient.” B.Kernighan & D.Ritchie –“A function provides a convenient way to encapsulate some computation, which can then be used without worrying about its implementation. ” B.Kernighan & D.Ritchie t Avoid duplicate code t Code reusability

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 19 Benefits of Methods Write a method once and reuse it anywhere. Information hiding. Hide the implementation from the user. Reduce complexity.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 20 The Math Class F Class constants: –PI –E F Class methods: –Trigonometric Methods –Exponent Methods –Rounding Methods –min, max, abs, and random Methods

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 21 Trigonometric Methods F sin(double a) F cos(double a) F tan(double a) F acos(double a) F asin(double a) F atan(double a) Radians toRadians(90) Examples: Math.sin(0) returns 0.0 Math.sin(Math.PI / 6) returns 0.5 Math.sin(Math.PI / 2) returns 1.0 Math.cos(0) returns 1.0 Math.cos(Math.PI / 6) returns Math.cos(Math.PI / 2) returns 0

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 Exponent Methods  exp(double a) Returns e raised to the power of a.  log(double a) Returns the natural logarithm of a.  log10(double a) Returns the 10-based logarithm of a.  pow(double a, double b) Returns a raised to the power of b.  sqrt(double a) Returns the square root of a. Examples: Math.exp(1) returns 2.71 Math.log(2.71) returns 1.0 Math.pow(2, 3) returns 8.0 Math.pow(3, 2) returns 9.0 Math.pow(3.5, 2.5) returns Math.sqrt(4) returns 2.0 Math.sqrt(10.5) returns 3.24

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 23 Rounding Methods  double ceil(double x) x rounded up to its nearest integer. This integer is returned as a double value.  double floor(double x) x is rounded down to its nearest integer. This integer is returned as a double value.  double rint(double x) x is rounded to its nearest integer. If x is equally close to two integers, the even one is returned as a double.  int round(float x) Return (int)Math.floor(x+0.5).  long round(double x) Return (long)Math.floor(x+0.5).

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 24 Rounding Methods Examples Math.ceil(2.1) returns 3.0 Math.ceil(2.0) returns 2.0 Math.ceil(-2.0) returns –2.0 Math.ceil(-2.1) returns -2.0 Math.floor(2.1) returns 2.0 Math.floor(2.0) returns 2.0 Math.floor(-2.0) returns –2.0 Math.floor(-2.1) returns -3.0 Math.rint(2.1) returns 2.0 Math.rint(2.0) returns 2.0 Math.rint(-2.0) returns –2.0 Math.rint(-2.1) returns -2.0 Math.rint(2.5) returns 2.0 Math.rint(-2.5) returns -2.0 Math.round(2.6f) returns 3 Math.round(2.0) returns 2 Math.round(-2.0f) returns -2 Math.round(-2.6) returns -3

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 25 min, max, and abs  max(a, b) and min(a, b) Returns the maximum or minimum of two parameters.  abs(a) Returns the absolute value of the parameter.  random() Returns a random double value in the range [0.0, 1.0), i.e. >=0.0 && <1.0 Examples: Math.max(2, 3) returns 3 Math.max(2.5, 3) returns 3.0 Math.min(2.5, 3.6) returns 2.5 Math.abs(-2) returns 2 Math.abs(-2.1) returns 2.1

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 26 The Math.random() Method Generates a random double value greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0 (0 <= Math.random() < 1.0). Examples: In general,

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 27 Reminder: Alternate way to generate random numbers: method System.currentTimeMillis() // how to generate random values // integer within range int n1 = (int)(System.currentTimeMillis() % 10); // integer within range int n2 = (int)(System.currentTimeMillis() % 20); // integer within range int n3 = 20+(int)(System.currentTimeMillis() % 20); // integer within range // 26 = 48–23+1 int n3 = 23+(int)(System.currentTimeMillis() % 26);

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 28 Case Study: Generating Random Characters F It is important to understand characters and how to process them. F Each character has a unique Unicode between 0 and FFFF in hexadecimal (65535 in decimal). To generate a random character is to generate a random integer between 0 and using the following expression: (int)(Math.random() * ( )) F (note that since 0 <= Math.random() < 1.0, you have to add 1 to )

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 29 Case Study: Generating Random Characters, cont. Now let us consider how to generate a random lowercase letter. The Unicode for lowercase letters are consecutive integers starting from the Unicode for 'a', then for 'b', 'c',..., and 'z'. The Unicode for 'a' is (int)'a' So, a random integer between (int)'a' and (int)'z' is (int)((int)'a' + Math.random() * ((int)'z' - (int)'a' + 1)

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 30 Case Study: Generating Random Characters, cont. As discussed, all numeric operators can be applied to the char operands. The char operand is cast into a number if the other operand is a number or a character. So, the preceding expression can be simplified as follows: 'a' + Math.random() * ('z' - 'a' + 1) So a random lowercase letter is (char)('a' + Math.random() * ('z' - 'a' + 1))

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 31 Case Study: Generating Random Characters, cont. To generalize the foregoing discussion, a random character between any two characters ch1 and ch2 with ch1 < ch2 can be generated as follows: (char)(ch1 + Math.random() * (ch2 – ch1 + 1))

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 32 The RandomCharacter Class // File RandomCharacter.java: Generate random characters public class RandomCharacter { /** Generate a random character between ch1 and ch2 */ public static char getRandomCharacter(char ch1, char ch2) { return (char)(ch1 + Math.random() * (ch2 - ch1 + 1)); } /** Generate a random lowercase letter */ public static char getRandomLowerCaseLetter() { return getRandomCharacter('a', 'z'); } /** Generate a random uppercase letter */ public static char getRandomUpperCaseLetter() { return getRandomCharacter('A', 'Z'); } /** Generate a random digit character */ public static char getRandomDigitCharacter() { return getRandomCharacter('0', '9'); } /** Generate a random character */ public static char getRandomCharacter() { return getRandomCharacter('\u0000', '\uFFFF'); }

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 33 The TestRandomCharacter Class // File TestRandomCharacter.java: main method public class TestRandomCharacter { /** Main method */ public static void main(String args[]) { final int NUMBER_OF_CHARS = 175; final int CHARS_PER_LINE = 25; // Print random characters btw 'a' and 'z', // 25 chars per line for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_CHARS; i++) { char ch = RandomCharacter.getRandomLowerCaseLetter(); if ((i + 1) % CHARS_PER_LINE == 0) System.out.println(ch); else System.out.print(ch); } TestRandomCharacter RandomCharacter

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 34 The RandomCharacter Class Run RandomCharacter.class No main() method, execution impossible Run TestRandomCharacter.class Main method. Execution possible Rename or remove file RandomCharacter.class Run TestRandomCharacter.class Main method. No byte code for RandomCharacter class. Execution impossible Restore file RandomCharacter.class Run TestRandomCharacter.class Main method. Byte code for RandomCharacter class available. Execution possible

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 35 Stepwise Refinement The concept of method abstraction can be applied to the process of developing programs. When writing a large program, you can use the “divide and conquer” strategy, also known as stepwise refinement, to decompose it into subproblems. The subproblems can be further decomposed into smaller, more manageable problems.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 36 PrintCalender Case Study Let us use the PrintCalendar example to demonstrate the stepwise refinement approach. PrintCalendar

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 37 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 38 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 39 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 40 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 41 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 42 Design Diagram

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 43 Implementation: Top-Down A Skeleton for printCalendar Top-down approach is to implement one method in the structure chart at a time from the top to the bottom. Stubs can be used for the methods waiting to be implemented. A stub is a simple but incomplete version of a method. The use of stubs enables you to test invoking the method from a caller. Implement the main method first and then use a stub for the printMonth method. For example, let printMonth display the year and the month in the stub. Thus, your program may begin like this:

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 44 Implementation: Bottom-Up Bottom-up approach is to implement one method in the structure chart at a time from the bottom to the top. For each method implemented, write a test program to test it. Both top-down and bottom-up methods are fine. Both approaches implement the methods incrementally and help to isolate programming errors and makes debugging easy. Sometimes, they can be used together.

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Ninth Edition, (c) 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Benefits of stepwise refinement F Simpler program structure F Reusing methods F Easier developing, debugging and testing F Better facilitating teamwork

Problem Write a program to compute and display the first 12 /twelve/ elements of the Fibonacci series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144

47 Problem: Zeller's congruence Zeller's congruence is an algorithm devised by Christian Zeller to calculate the day of the week for any Julian calendar date or Gregorian calendar date. Write a program to implement the Zeller’s congruence algorithm

Problem: Zeller's congruence 1/3

Problem: Zeller's congruence 2/3

Problem: Zeller's congruence 3/3

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