Record Class HistoricalCurrencyConverter.Currency

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Record

org.episteme.social.history.HistoricalCurrencyConverter.Currency

Record Components:

name - full name of the currency

symbol - graphical symbol or abbreviation

startYear - approximate start of circulation (BCE negative)

endYear - approximate end of circulation (BCE negative)

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

HistoricalCurrencyConverter

public static record HistoricalCurrencyConverter.Currency(String name, String symbol, int startYear, int endYear)
extends Record
implements Serializable

Represents a historical currency and its period of circulation.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.1

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Currency(String name, String symbol, int startYear, int endYear)	Creates an instance of a Currency record class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	endYear()	Returns the value of the endYear record component.
final boolean	equals(Object o)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
final int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code value for this object.
String	name()	Returns the value of the name record component.
int	startYear()	Returns the value of the startYear record component.
String	symbol()	Returns the value of the symbol record component.
final String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this record class.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Currency

public Currency(String name,
 String symbol,
 int startYear,
 int endYear)

Creates an instance of a Currency record class.

Parameters:

name - the value for the name record component

symbol - the value for the symbol record component

startYear - the value for the startYear record component

endYear - the value for the endYear record component

Method Details

toString

public final String toString()

Returns a string representation of this record class. The representation contains the name of the class, followed by the name and value of each of the record components.

Specified by:

toString in class Record

Returns:

a string representation of this object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this object. The value is derived from the hash code of each of the record components.

Specified by:

hashCode in class Record

Returns:

a hash code value for this object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The objects are equal if the other object is of the same class and if all the record components are equal. Reference components are compared with Objects::equals(Object,Object); primitive components are compared with the compare method from their corresponding wrapper classes.

Specified by:

equals in class Record

Parameters:

o - the object with which to compare

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the o argument; false otherwise.

name

public String name()

Returns the value of the name record component.

Returns:

the value of the name record component

symbol

public String symbol()

Returns the value of the symbol record component.

Returns:

the value of the symbol record component

startYear

public int startYear()

Returns the value of the startYear record component.

Returns:

the value of the startYear record component

endYear

public int endYear()

Returns the value of the endYear record component.

Returns:

the value of the endYear record component