Java tutorial
/* * ======================================================================== * * Copyright 2005 Tim O'Brien. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * ======================================================================== */ package com.discursive.jccook.lang.builders.customized; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; // START lang_custom_tostring_solution import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder; import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringStyle; // OMIT lang_custom_tostring_solution import com.discursive.jccook.lang.builders.State; public class PoliticalCandidate { private String lastName; private String firstName; private Date dateOfBirth; private BigDecimal moneyRaised; private State state; public PoliticalCandidate() { } public PoliticalCandidate(String lastName, String firstName, Date dateOfBirth, BigDecimal moneyRaised, State state) { this.lastName = lastName; this.firstName = firstName; this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth; this.moneyRaised = moneyRaised; this.state = state; } // get/set methods are omitted for brevity... // END OMIT lang_custom_tostring_solution public String toString() { return new ToStringBuilder(this, ToStringStyle.MULTI_LINE_STYLE).append("lastName", lastName) .append("firstName", firstName).toString(); } // END lang_custom_tostring_solution public static void main(String[] args) { // Create a State State va = new State("VA", "Virginia"); // Create a Birth Date Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(); calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1743); calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.APRIL); calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 13); Date dob = calendar.getTime(); BigDecimal moneyRaised = new BigDecimal(293829292.93); // Create a Political Candidate PoliticalCandidate candidate = new PoliticalCandidate("Jefferson", "Thomas", dob, moneyRaised, va); System.out.println(candidate); } }