org.musicontroller.core
Class Artist

java.lang.Object
  org.musicontroller.core.Artist

All Implemented Interfaces:

Linkable

public class Artist
extends java.lang.Object
implements Linkable

Implements an artist that performs in songs. Naming conventions for artists:

• Each artist must have a last name.
• An artist can have a set of first names.
• Artist names that are not a persons real name, like "Prince", are stored in the lastname property.
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Version:

$Id: Artist.java,v 1.1 2010/03/16 18:55:42 varienaja Exp $

Author:

varienaja

Constructor Summary

Artist()

Method Summary

void	addBand(Band band)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Two artists are the same if their names are the same (both first and last names) disregarding case.
java.util.Set<Contract_BA>	getBands()
java.util.Date	getBirth()
java.util.Date	getChanged()
java.lang.String	getComments()
java.util.Date	getDecease()
java.lang.String	getFirstname() Getter for the first name of the artist.
java.lang.String	getFormattedName() Returns the artistname in the format "lastname, firstname".
long	getId()
java.util.Date	getInserted()
java.lang.String	getLastname()
Link	getLink()
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the artist as "firstname lastname".
java.lang.String	getType()
int	hashCode()
void	setBands(java.util.Set<Contract_BA> bands)
void	setBirth(java.util.Date birth)
void	setChanged(java.util.Date changed)
void	setComments(java.lang.String comments)
void	setDecease(java.util.Date decease)
void	setFirstname(java.lang.String firstname) Setter for the first name of the artist.
void	setId(long id)
void	setInserted(java.util.Date inserted)
void	setLastname(java.lang.String lastname) Setter for the last name of the artist.
void	setLink(Link link)
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the artist suitable for human consumption.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Artist

public Artist()

Method Detail

getBirth

public java.util.Date getBirth()

setBirth

public void setBirth(java.util.Date birth)

getChanged

public java.util.Date getChanged()

setChanged

public void setChanged(java.util.Date changed)

getComments

public java.lang.String getComments()

setComments

public void setComments(java.lang.String comments)

getDecease

public java.util.Date getDecease()

setDecease

public void setDecease(java.util.Date decease)

getLink

public Link getLink()

setLink

public void setLink(Link link)

getId

public long getId()

Specified by:

getId in interface Linkable

setId

public void setId(long id)

getInserted

public java.util.Date getInserted()

setInserted

public void setInserted(java.util.Date inserted)

getLastname

public java.lang.String getLastname()

setLastname

public void setLastname(java.lang.String lastname)

Setter for the last name of the artist. White space gets trimmed. Each artist should have a last name.

Parameters:

lastname - The last name of the artist.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the artist as "firstname lastname". The result is "lastname" if the first name part is empty.

Specified by:

getName in interface Linkable

Returns:

The name of the artist.

getBands

public java.util.Set<Contract_BA> getBands()

setBands

public void setBands(java.util.Set<Contract_BA> bands)

addBand

public void addBand(Band band)

getFirstname

public java.lang.String getFirstname()

Getter for the first name of the artist.

Returns:

The first name of the artist.

setFirstname

public void setFirstname(java.lang.String firstname)

Setter for the first name of the artist. Whitespace gets trimmed.

Parameters:

firstname - The new first name.

getFormattedName

public java.lang.String getFormattedName()

Returns the artistname in the format "lastname, firstname". This is suitable for sorted lists of artists. If the first name is empty, this returns "lastname".

Returns:

The formatted name of this Artist

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Two artists are the same if their names are the same (both first and last names) disregarding case. (You cannot have two "David Bowies"!)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

True if the artists are equal, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the artist suitable for human consumption.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Specified by:

getType in interface Linkable