// CSE 143, Summer 2012
// A TA object represents one teaching assistant.


public class TA implements Comparable<TA> {
    private String name;
    private int experience;   // # of quarters served as a TA
	
	
	public int compareTo(TA other) {
		if (this.experience != other.experience) {
			return this.experience - other.experience;
		} else {
			return this.name.compareTo(other.name);
		}
	}
	
	
	// Constructs a new TA with given name and number of quarters' experience.
	// Throws IllegalArgumentException if name is null or experience is negative.
	public TA(String name, int experience) {
		if (name == null || experience < 0) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		
		this.name = name;
		this.experience = experience;
	}
	
	// Returns the TA's name.
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	
	// Returns the TA's quarters of experience.
	public int getExperience() {
		return experience;
	}

	// Returns string with name and number of quarters, such as "Kim (5q)".
	public String toString() {
		return name + " (" + experience + "q)";
	}
}