// This example is from _Java Examples in a Nutshell_. (http://www.oreilly.com) // Copyright (c) 1997 by David Flanagan // This example is provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied. // You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for non-commercial purposes. // For any commercial use, see http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples /** * This class represents complex numbers, and defines methods for performing * arithmetic on complex numbers. **/ public class ComplexNumber { // These are the instance variables. Each ComplexNumber object holds // two double values, known as x and y. They are private, so they are // not accessible from outside this class. Instead, they are available // through the real() and imaginary() methods below. private double x, y; /** This is the constructor. It initializes the x and y variables */ public ComplexNumber(double real, double imaginary) { this.x = real; this.y = imaginary; } /** * An accessor method. Returns the real part of the complex number. * Note that there is no setReal() method to set the real part. This means * that the ComplexNumber class is "immutable". **/ public double real() { return x; } /** An accessor method. Returns the imaginary part of the complex number */ public double imaginary() { return y; } /** Compute the magnitude of a complex number */ public double magnitude() { return Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y); } /** * This method converts a ComplexNumber to a string. This is a method of * Object that we override so that complex numbers can be meaningfully * converted to strings, and so they can conveniently be printed out with * System.out.println() and related methods **/ public String toString() { return "{" + x + "," + y + "}"; } /** * This is a static class method. It takes two complex numbers, adds them, * and returns the result as a third number. Because it is static, there is * no "current instance" or "this" object. Use it like this: * ComplexNumber c = ComplexNumber.add(a, b); **/ public static ComplexNumber add(ComplexNumber a, ComplexNumber b) { return new ComplexNumber(a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y); } /** * This is a non-static instance method by the same name. It adds the * specified complex number to the current complex number. Use it like this: * ComplexNumber c = a.add(b); **/ public ComplexNumber add(ComplexNumber a) { return new ComplexNumber(this.x + a.x, this.y+a.y); } /** A static class method to multiply complex numbers */ public static ComplexNumber multiply(ComplexNumber a, ComplexNumber b) { return new ComplexNumber(a.x*b.x - a.y*b.y, a.x*b.y + a.y*b.x); } /** An instance method to multiply complex numbers */ public ComplexNumber multiply(ComplexNumber a) { return new ComplexNumber(x*a.x - y*a.y, x*a.y + y*a.x); } }