Object-Oriented Design - Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design - page 314

LISTING 7.4 continued

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Adds this rational number to the one passed as a parameter.
// A common denominator is found by multiplying the individual
// denominators.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
public RationalNumber add (RationalNumber op2)
{
int commonDenominator = denominator * op2.getDenominator();
int numerator1 = numerator * op2.getDenominator();
int numerator2 = op2.getNumerator() * denominator;
int sum = numerator1 + numerator2;

return new RationalNumber (sum, commonDenominator);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Subtracts the rational number passed as a parameter from this
// rational number.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
public RationalNumber subtract (RationalNumber op2)
{
int commonDenominator = denominator * op2.getDenominator();
int numerator1 = numerator * op2.getDenominator();
int numerator2 = op2.getNumerator() * denominator;
int difference = numerator1 - numerator2;

return new RationalNumber (difference, commonDenominator);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Multiplies this rational number by the one passed as a
// parameter.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
public RationalNumber multiply (RationalNumber op2)
{
int numer = numerator * op2.getNumerator();
int denom = denominator * op2.getDenominator();

return new RationalNumber (numer, denom);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Divides this rational number by the one passed as a parameter
// by multiplying by the reciprocal of the second rational.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------