Class Constituency

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.politics.Constituency

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Named

public class Constituency
extends Object
implements Named, Serializable

Represents an electoral district or voting precinct. Constituencies define the geographic area and population size for representative allocation. * @version 1.1

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Constituency(String name, Place area, int population)	Creates a new Constituency.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Place	getArea()	Returns the geographic area of the constituency.
int	getElectorateSize()	Returns the estimated or actual number of eligible voters.
String	getName()
int	getPopulation()	Returns the total population count.
void	setElectorateSize(int size)	Updates the number of eligible voters in the constituency.
void	setPopulation(int population)	Sets the total population count.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Constituency

public Constituency(String name,
 Place area,
 int population)

Creates a new Constituency.

Parameters:

name - the name of the district

area - the geographic region

population - total resident population

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name or area is null

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

getArea

public Place getArea()

Returns the geographic area of the constituency.

Returns:

the place/area

getPopulation

public int getPopulation()

Returns the total population count.

Returns:

population

setPopulation

public void setPopulation(int population)

Sets the total population count.

Parameters:

population - new population

getElectorateSize

public int getElectorateSize()

Returns the estimated or actual number of eligible voters.

Returns:

electorate size

setElectorateSize

public void setElectorateSize(int size)

Updates the number of eligible voters in the constituency.

Parameters:

size - electorate size

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object