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Let's get started with a program that uses variables and methods!

  • Open Eclipse
  • Right-Click on your edu.buffalostate.cis425.fa10.exercises. package
  • Choose: File -> New -> class
  • In the Name: textbox type: Triangle
  • Click: Finish
  • Copy the Triangle.java Template (Java) code (below)
  • Paste that code into your new Triangle class in the editor
  • Change both occurrences of put-your-lastname-here
  • Replace the blank on the
        private int
        line with:
        S1, S2, S3
  • After the
        public Triangle ( int s1, int s2, int s3 ) {
        comment line add:
        S1=s1;
      S2=s2;
      S3=s3;
  • Replace the blank after the
        public int calculatePerimeter( ) {
        line with:
        return (S1+S2+S3)
  • Replace the blank on the
        Triangle t = new
        line with:
        Triangle(10,5,2)
  • Click the Run icon

    • Triangle.java Template (Java)

    package edu.buffalostate.cis425.fa10.exercises.put-your-lastname-here;

/**
 *
 * File: Triangle.java
 *
 * Create a Java class named Triangle that represents a "triangle" 
 * with the following characteristics:
 * 
 * 1) The class has three private integer instance variables 
 *    (S1, S2, S3) to store the sides of the triangle.
 * 2) This class has two constructors:
 *    Constructor #1 - has no parameters and initializes the 
 *    triangle's sides to 0
 *    Constructor #2 - has three integer parameters that 
 *    initializes the triangle's sides
 * 3) This class has a method calculatePerimeter( ) which 
 *    returns the perimeter (s1+s2+s3) of the triangle as an 
 *    integer
 * 4) This class contains a main( ) method which creates an 
 *    instance of the triangle object with 
 *    S1=10, S2=5, S3=2 and computes the object's perimeter 
 *    (via calculatePerimeter) and outputs the result to the 
 *    user's screen.
 *
 *
/**
 *
 * @author put-your-name-here
 *
 */

public class Triangle {

  private int ___________________;
  public Triangle ( ) {
  }

  public Triangle (int s1, int s2, int s3) {
    ___________________
  }

  public int calculatePerimeter( ) {
    ___________________;
  }

  public static void main( String args[] ) {
    Triangle t = new __________________;
    System.out.println("The perimeter of a triangle with these sides
    (" + S1 + ", " + S2 + ", and "+ S3 + ") is: " + t.calculatePerimeter() );
  }
}

    Triangle Class Output

    The perimeter of triangle with these sides () is: 17