Class Magazine

java.lang.Object

com.university.bookstore.model.Material

com.university.bookstore.model.Magazine

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Material>

public class Magazine
extends Material

Represents a magazine in the store inventory. Demonstrates inheritance from Material base class.

Since:

2024-09-15

Version:

2.0

Author:

Navid Mohaghegh

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	Magazine.PublicationFrequency	Frequency of magazine publication.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.university.bookstore.model.Material

Material.MaterialType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Magazine(String issn, String title, String publisher, double price, int year, int issueNumber, String frequency, String category)	Creates a new Magazine.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	calculateAnnualSubscription()	Calculates annual subscription cost with discount.
String	getCategory()
String	getCreator()	Abstract method to get the creator/author/artist of the material.
double	getDiscountRate()	Hook method for discount rate.
String	getDisplayInfo()	Abstract method to get a formatted display string.
String	getFrequency()
String	getIssn()
int	getIssueNumber()
String	getPublisher()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.university.bookstore.model.Material

compareTo, equals, getDiscountedPrice, getId, getPrice, getTitle, getType, getYear, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Magazine

public Magazine(String issn,
 String title,
 String publisher,
 double price,
 int year,
 int issueNumber,
 String frequency,
 String category)

Creates a new Magazine.

Parameters:

issn - International Standard Serial Number

title - magazine title

publisher - publishing company

price - price per issue

year - publication year

issueNumber - issue number

frequency - publication frequency

category - magazine category/genre

Method Details

getCreator

public String getCreator()

Description copied from class: Material

Abstract method to get the creator/author/artist of the material. Implementation varies by material type.

Specified by:

getCreator in class Material

Returns:

the creator's name

getDisplayInfo

public String getDisplayInfo()

Description copied from class: Material

Abstract method to get a formatted display string. Each material type should provide its own formatting.

Specified by:

getDisplayInfo in class Material

Returns:

formatted display string

getDiscountRate

public double getDiscountRate()

Description copied from class: Material

Hook method for discount rate. Default is no discount. Subclasses can override to provide type-specific discounts.

Overrides:

getDiscountRate in class Material

Returns:

discount rate between 0.0 and 1.0

calculateAnnualSubscription

public double calculateAnnualSubscription()

Calculates annual subscription cost with discount.

Returns:

annual subscription price

getIssn

public String getIssn()

getPublisher

public String getPublisher()

getIssueNumber

public int getIssueNumber()

getFrequency

public String getFrequency()

getCategory

public String getCategory()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Material