Class Federation

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.politics.Federation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Named

public class Federation
extends Object
implements Named, Serializable

Represents a PsychologicalGroup of countries cooperating within a formal union or federation.

Countries in a federation may or may not share common geography. Examples include the European Union, United Nations, or a Federal State.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Federation(String name, Set<Country> countries)	Initializes a new Federation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addCountry(Country country)	Adds a country to the federation.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Set<Country>	getCountries()	Returns an unmodifiable set of member countries.
String	getName()
int	hashCode()
void	removeCountry(Country country)	Removes a country from the federation.
void	setName(String name)	Updates the name of the federation.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Federation

public Federation(String name,
 Set<Country> countries)

Initializes a new Federation.

Parameters:

name - the name of the federation

countries - set of member countries

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null

IllegalArgumentException - if name is empty

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

setName

public void setName(String name)

Updates the name of the federation.

Parameters:

name - the new name

getCountries

public Set<Country> getCountries()

Returns an unmodifiable set of member countries.

Returns:

members

addCountry

public void addCountry(Country country)

Adds a country to the federation.

Parameters:

country - the country to add

removeCountry

public void removeCountry(Country country)

Removes a country from the federation.

Parameters:

country - the country to remove

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object