Object-Oriented Design - Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design - page 315

LISTING 7.4 continued

public RationalNumber divide (RationalNumber op2)
{
return multiply (op2.reciprocal());
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Determines if this rational number is equal to the one passed
// as a parameter. Assumes they are both reduced.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
public boolean isLike (RationalNumber op2)
{
return ( numerator == op2.getNumerator() &&
denominator == op2.getDenominator() );
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Returns this rational number as a string.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
public String toString ()
{
String result;
if (numerator == 0)
result = "0";
else
if (denominator == 1)
result = numerator + "";
else
result = numerator + "/" + denominator;
return result;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Reduces this rational number by dividing both the numerator
// and the denominator by their greatest common divisor.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
private void reduce ()
{
if (numerator != 0)
{
int common = gcd (Math.abs(numerator), denominator);

numerator = numerator / common;
denominator = denominator / common;
}