Session 8

What does this code do?

It is an implementation of the class described by this UML diagram

Die

totalSides : int ( =6 unless otherwise specified)
value : int ( = random value from [1,totalSides] )

getValue() : int
howManySides() : int
roll() : int (randomly selects a new value and returns this)

In no particular order, we considered the code above and used it as a discussion point for...

Method/Constructor overloading
Casting in primitive data types
Casting with String when needed
- return "" + value
Finding stuff we don't know how to do in the API
- in this case, getting a random number, which could be done via
  - Math.random()
  - The Random class
naming/"this"
Scope of variables