com.entertainment.catalog

Class Catalog

Object

Catalog

public class Catalog
extends Object

Manages Television inventory. Provides several finder methods for searching.

Version:

2.0

Author:

Derek Smalls

See Also:

"Entertainment API 2.0 Specification"

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Collection<Television>	findByBrand(String brand) Searches catalog by brand.
static Map<String,Collection<Television>>	findByBrands(String... brands) Searches catalog by several brands.
static Collection<Television>	getInventory() Returns entire catalog. NOTE: returned collection is read-only.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Detail

findByBrand

public static Collection<Television> findByBrand(String brand)

Searches catalog by brand. A most useful feature!

Parameters:

brand - the specified brand. Searches are case-sensitive.

Returns:

collection of matching Televisions - never null.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

findByBrands(String...), String.equals(Object)

findByBrands

public static Map<String,Collection<Television>> findByBrands(String... brands)

Searches catalog by several brands. Returns a Map with an entry for each brand supplied, along with a collection of matching Televisions for that brand.

Parameters:

brands - varargs parameter of desired brands.

Returns:

map of brand-collection entries for each brand found - never null.

See Also:

Map

getInventory

public static Collection<Television> getInventory()

Returns entire catalog.
NOTE: returned collection is read-only.

Returns:

read-only view of Catalog inventory.