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    Default NEED HELP WITH IDEAS

    hi everybody! i need help basically figuring out how to start this assignment using the comparable interface:

    1. Create a Student class that stores the name, address, GPA, age, and major for a student. Additionally, the
    Student class should implement the Comparable interface. Make the comparison of Student objects
    based on the name, then the address, then the major, and finally the GPA. If the difference between two
    objects when compared lies in the name, return a 1 or -1 depending on which object is lessor/greater.
    If the difference in objects is in the address, return +/- 2. If the difference is in the major, return +/- 3. If the
    difference is in the GPA, return +/- 4. Only return zero if all 4 fields are the same. This behavior deviates
    slightly from the normal compareTo behavior (<0, 0, or >0), but we are ok with that for the purposes of
    this lab.
    Write a class called StudentDriver to test your new method. Hard code several students into the main
    method of the StudentDriver class with small differences in different fields. That is, make one student
    have one name and another a second name. Make a third student have the same name as the first, but a have
    the third student have a different address, etc. Make sure your compareTo method finds each the
    differences correctly.
    Note that there are two approaches to implementing the interface:
    • one using Java generics – we’ll talk about generics in a few lectures,
    • the other to pass an Object into the compareTo method and to cast the object parameter into
    the desired type – in this case a Student object).
    For this assignment, use the latter approach. An example of this approach (note the parameter passing and
    casting) would be as follows:
    public int compareTo(Object anotherPerson) throws ClassCastException {
    if (!(anotherPerson instanceof Person))
    throw new ClassCastException("A Person object is expected by this compareTo.");
    int anotherPersonAge = ((Person) anotherPerson).getAge();
    return this.age - anotherPersonAge;
    }




    any ideas??!


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    Default Re: NEED HELP WITH IDEAS

    I would say the first step is to create the class which will store all the data. Then spend the next fifteen days banging on the screen when the code doesnt do what it should. Turn in a half-assed assignment the following day and get a score of the same quality as the work. But that is the kinda guy I am...

    Doesn't your teacher say to do something like an outline first? or some fake code thingy?
    you done that yet?

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    Default Re: NEED HELP WITH IDEAS

    honestly, i missed the class in which we were assigned this because of a death in the family. and now the code's due tomorrow and i've got to do this as well as like three other assignments. i'm a little confused on everything and i'm trying to catch up on reading and figure this out.

    i'm having trouble with syntax. i know this reply is pretty much the most useless thing ever, but i'm really frustrated. sorry

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