Class Candidate

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.Role

org.episteme.social.politics.Candidate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named, Temporal<TimeCoordinate>

public class Candidate
extends Role

Represents the role of a candidate within a political situation (e.g., an election). A candidate is an individual seeking a specific office or representation. * @version 1.0

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Role

CLIENT, OBSERVER, SERVER, SUPERVISOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Candidate(Individual individual, Situation situation, String office)	Creates a new Candidate role for an individual.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getOfficeSought()	Returns the office or position the candidate is seeking.
Party	getParty()	Returns the political party the candidate represents.
String	getPlatformSummary()	Returns a summary of the candidate's platform.
void	setParty(Party party)	Sets the political party for this candidate.
void	setPlatformSummary(String platformSummary)	Sets the platform summary for the candidate.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Role

equals, getId, getIndividual, getKind, getSituation, getTraits, getWhen, hashCode, setKind, setTimestamp

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Constructor Details

Candidate

public Candidate(Individual individual,
 Situation situation,
 String office)

Creates a new Candidate role for an individual.

Parameters:

individual - the individual running for office

situation - the political context (usually an Election)

office - the position being sought

Throws:

NullPointerException - if individual, situation or office is null

Method Details

getParty

public Party getParty()

Returns the political party the candidate represents.

Returns:

the party, or null if independent

setParty

public void setParty(Party party)

Sets the political party for this candidate.

Parameters:

party - the party

getOfficeSought

public String getOfficeSought()

Returns the office or position the candidate is seeking.

Returns:

the office name

getPlatformSummary

public String getPlatformSummary()

Returns a summary of the candidate's platform.

Returns:

the platform summary

setPlatformSummary

public void setPlatformSummary(String platformSummary)

Sets the platform summary for the candidate.

Parameters:

platformSummary - the summary

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Role