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The document outlines Java fundamentals focusing on parameters and method overloading, including lesson objectives such as using access modifiers and passing objects to methods. It includes vocabulary definitions related to access modifiers, constructors, and method overloading. Additionally, it provides practice activities for creating a Fish class with various constructors and methods, including a method to determine the friendliest fish among multiple instances.

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JF 7 2 Practice

The document outlines Java fundamentals focusing on parameters and method overloading, including lesson objectives such as using access modifiers and passing objects to methods. It includes vocabulary definitions related to access modifiers, constructors, and method overloading. Additionally, it provides practice activities for creating a Fish class with various constructors and methods, including a method to determine the friendliest fish among multiple instances.

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Java Fundamentals

7-2: Parameters and Overloading Methods


Practice Activities

Lesson Objectives:
• Use access modifiers
• Pass objects to methods
• Return objects from methods
• Use variable argument methods
• Overload constructors
• Overload methods
• Write a class with specified arrays, constructors, and methods

Vocabulary:
Identify the vocabulary word for each definition below.

A type of access modifier. Permits access from anywhere.

Used to assign initial values to instance variables of a class.

A way to call a method with a variable number of arguments.

Having more than one constructor or method with the same name but different arguments.

A type of access modifier. Permits access only from inside the same class.

A constructor that does not have any parameters.

Used to specify accessibility for variables, methods, and classes.

Try It/Solve It:


1. Create a segment of code that initializes a public class Fish. Let the class contain a String typeOfFish, and an integer
friendliness. Do not set values to these variables yet. These are instance variables and will be set inside the class
constructors.

2. Create a public constructor (a method with the same name as the class) inside the class Fish. This constructor should take in
no arguments. Inside the constructor, set typeOfFish to “Unknown” and friendliness to 3, which we are assuming is the generic
friendliness of fish.

3. Create another public constructor inside the class Fish. Have this constructor take in a string t and an integer f. Let
typeOfFish equal t, and friendliness equal f.

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4. Explain why is is possible to have more than one constructor with the same name and different arguments.

5. Create a method inside the class Fish called getFriendliness(), which takes in no arguments and returns the friendliness level
of the fish.

6. Write a segment of code that initializes 2 new fish as defined below:


a. Fish 1: Name – Amber, Type – AngelFish, Friendliness level – 5 (very friendly)
b. Fish 2: Name – James, Type – Guppy, Friendliness level – 3 (neutral)

7. Create a method nicestFish that takes in two fish as parameters, compares the friendliness level of two fish, and returns the
fish with the higher friendliness. Test this method with the fish defined in problem 6. (Friendliness scale: 1 mean, 2 not friendly,
3 neutral, 4 friendly, 5 very friendly) Hint: fishName.getFriendliness() gives you the integer number of the friendliness of
fishName. You have already created getFriendliness() in problem 5.

8. Modify the method nicestFish() to take be a variable argument method that takes in a variable number of fish and returns the
nicest fish out of the fish it is given. Hint: Inside of the method, create a new fish called temp. Set temp equal to the first fish
passed into the method. Use a for loop to go through all the fish passed into the method and if you discover a fish that is more
friendly than temp, set temp equal to that fish. After the for loop is complete, temp should be the friendliest fish. Return temp.

9. Test your method nicestFish() with the fish described in problem 6. Which fish is returned?

10. Determine the best access modifier for each of the following situations:
a. A class Employee records the name, address, salary, and phone number.
b. An adding method inside of a class BasicMath that is also used in the Algebra class.

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