Answers to Self-Check Problems - Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach - page 1071

23. // A Name object represents a name such as "John Q. Public".
public class Name {
private String firstName;
private char middleInitial;
private String lastName;
// Initializes a new Name with the given values.
public Name(String initialFirst, char initialMiddle,
String initialLast) {
firstName = initialFirst;
middleInitial = initialMiddle;
lastName = initialLast;
}
// Returns the person's first name.
public String getFirstName() {
return firstName;
}
// Returns the person's middle initial.
public char getMiddleInitial() {
return middleInitial;
}
// Returns the person's last name.
public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
}
// The name in normal order such as "John Q. Public".
public String getNormalOrder() {
return firstName + " " + middleInitial +
". " + lastName;
}
// The name in reverse order such as "Public, John Q.".
public String getReverseOrder() {
return lastName + ", " + firstName +
" " + middleInitial + ".";
}
}