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Display 5.4
A Static Variable
(part 1 of 2)
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public class
TurnTaker
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private static int
turn = 0;
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private int
myTurn;
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private
String name;
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public
TurnTaker(String theName, int theTurn)
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{
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name = theName;
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if
(theTurn >= 0)
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myTurn = theTurn;
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else
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{
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System.out.println("Fatal Error.");
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System.exit(0);
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}
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}
This is the file
TurnTaker.java
.
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public
TurnTaker()
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{
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name = "No name yet";
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myTurn = 0;
//Indicating no turn.
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}
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public
String getName()
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{
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return
name;
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}
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public static int
getTurn()
You cannot access an instance
variable in a static method, but you
can access a static variable in a
static method.
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{
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turn++;
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return
turn;
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}
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public boolean
isMyTurn()
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{
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return
(turn == myTurn);
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}
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}
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