stockportfolio
Class AbsStockBlock

java.lang.Object
  stockportfolio.AbsStockBlock

All Implemented Interfaces:

IStockBlock

Direct Known Subclasses:

StockBlock

public abstract class AbsStockBlock

extends java.lang.Object

implements IStockBlock

Information about a single block of stock. A "block" is defined by a number of shares of the same stock, purchased at the same time at the same price. You shouldn't need change this class, if you even use it.

Constructor Summary

AbsStockBlock(java.lang.String stock, java.util.Date date, double amount, double pricePerShare)
Create a new block of stock.

Method Summary

double	getPricePerShare() Tells the price per share of shares in this block
double	getShares() Tells the number of shares in this block
java.lang.String	getStock() Tells the stock which was bought or sold.
java.util.Date	getTransactionDate() Tells the date the stock was purchased.
java.lang.String	toString() Give out a one-line summary of the block information.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbsStockBlock

public AbsStockBlock(java.lang.String stock,
                     java.util.Date date,
                     double amount,
                     double pricePerShare)

Create a new block of stock.

Parameters:

stock - a non-null string, which should be normalized and used as the stock name.

date - a non-null date, when the stock was purchased.

amount - the number of shares purchased (must be > 0).

pricePerShare - the price per shape (must be > 0).

Method Detail

getStock

public java.lang.String getStock()

Description copied from interface: IStockBlock

Tells the stock which was bought or sold. This should be the "normalized" stock name (see instructions).

Specified by:

getStock in interface IStockBlock

Returns:

a non-null String

getTransactionDate

public java.util.Date getTransactionDate()

Description copied from interface: IStockBlock

Tells the date the stock was purchased.

Specified by:

getTransactionDate in interface IStockBlock

Returns:

non-null date the stock was purchased

getShares

public double getShares()

Description copied from interface: IStockBlock

Tells the number of shares in this block

Specified by:

getShares in interface IStockBlock

Returns:

the number of shares, which is always >0.

getPricePerShare

public double getPricePerShare()

Description copied from interface: IStockBlock

Tells the price per share of shares in this block

Specified by:

getPricePerShare in interface IStockBlock

Returns:

the price per share, which must be >0

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Give out a one-line summary of the block information.