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From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: StatsTable object
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:52:08 +0200
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On 12.09.2011 10:23, bob wrote:
> I'm creating an object that represents a table of sports stats with
> the player name as the first column and stat name as first row.
> Here's an example:
>
> 			Touchdowns			Yards	Rushing		Yards Passing
> Dan Marino			2				200				55
> Chad Henne			8				700				53
> Brett Favre			7				300				44
> Emmitt Smith			4				400				108
>
> What's the best way to represent this object in Java?
>
> I'm thinking of this:
>
> class StatsTable {
> vector<String>  strings;
> int numColumns;
> int numRows;
> }
>
> What do you all think of this representation?  I think it would be
> better if it had a more 2-dimensional feel, but I don't want to
> complicate things.

Dunno.  I would start with the public interface, i.e. define what you 
want to do with it.  Only then I would think about representation.

Just one thing: in 2011 I would certainly *not* use Vector.  And I'd 
make my fields private.

Kind regards

	robert

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