Help with resetting a class. *Beginner

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s9@r\)\( - 10 Mar 2004 14:20 GMT

Hi,

The following 3 private methods are used to set the color, radius, and
location of an object - straightforward enough! How can I use a 4th method
to reset the first three after an initial instance has been created?

private void setColor();
private void setRadius();
private void setLoc();

public void resetDidge();

TIA

SparX

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Christophe Vanfleteren - 10 Mar 2004 14:26 GMT

s9@r)( wrote:

> Hi,
>
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>
> SparX

Keep the old values of those properties around:

public class XXX {
private Color oldColor;
private Color currentColor;

public void setColor(Color c) {
if(c == currentColor) {
return;//nothing changed
}
oldColor = currentColor;
currentColor = c;
}

public void reset() {
setColor(oldColor);
...
}
}

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Kind regards,
Christophe Vanfleteren

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s9@r\)\( - 10 Mar 2004 15:09 GMT

> s9@r)( wrote:
>
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> Kind regards,
> Christophe Vanfleteren

Thanks for that, but I'm still a little stuck:

The setColor method sets the Didge color to a color in the array:

private final Color[] colors =
{Color.blue, Color.black, Color.cyan, Color.green,
Color.gray, Color.magenta, Color.orange, Color.pink,
Color.red, Color.white, Color.yellow};

Taking that into account how can I make the public method invoke the other
three to reset the location, radius and color methods.

Sorry if this sounds dumb - I am somewhat!

TIA

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s1h1 - 10 Mar 2004 15:25 GMT

M301?

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