CS 1063  Introduction to Computer Programming  Project 1 
The Pet Class

Objectives

• Construct and use Objects
• Design the public interface of a class
  
• Determine the instance variables necessary for a class
  
• Implement the shell of a class using stubs with comments
  
• Implement constructors
• Implement simple methods
• Access instance fields and local variables

Hand-in Requirements

• Public Interface as a word document
  
• Pet.java
  
• PetTest.java

Details

• myName  The myName field is a String object that holds the name of the pet.
• myAnimal  The myAnimal field is a String object that holds the type of animal that a pet is.  Example  “Dog”, “Cat” etc
• myAge  The myAge field is an int that holds the age of the animal.

    2.  In addition, the class should have the following methods:

• Constructor  The constructor should accept the animals name, kind and age.  These values should be assigned to the object’s myName, myAnimal and myAge.
• Write appropriate methods to get the values stored in an object’s myName, myAnimal and myAge.  (3 methods)
• void ageAnimal  The ageAnimal method should add 1 to the age field everytime it is called.
• void setName  The setName(String name)  method takes a name and stores it in the name field.
• String toString  Returns the state of the object as a String
  

    3.  Test your class by doing each of the following:

1. Instantiate a Pet object p1 using “Willie”, “Dog” and 4
2. Print all of the values stored in the private data with a label
3. Call the method ageAnimal 2 times
4. Print the age of p1 with a label
5. Set the name of the dog to “Willy”
6. Print the name of p1 with a label