Computer Science 202
Introduction to Programming
Fall 2013, The College of Saint Rose
BaaBaaBetter BlueJ Project
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BaaBaaBetter Source Code
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/*
* Example BaaBaaBetter: using a simple method to eliminate some
* repeated code (refrain lyrics).
*
* Jim Teresco, The College of Saint Rose, CSC 202, Fall 2012
*
* $Id: BaaBaaBetter.java 1975 2012-11-07 18:41:56Z terescoj $
*/
public class BaaBaaBetter {
// a method to perform the 4 println statements that
// were being repeated in the BaaBaaBad version
public static void refrain() {
System.out.println("Baa, baa, black sheep,");
System.out.println("Have you any wool?");
System.out.println("Yes sir, yes sir,");
System.out.println("Three bags full.");
}
// the main method is still where our program will begin
// executing, even though there is now an additional
// method defined within our class
public static void main(String[] args) {
// we replace the 4 println statements here
// and below with a single method call!
refrain();
// this part was not repeated, so we do not place it
// into a method (though we could if we wanted to
// simplify the main method
System.out.println("One for the master,");
System.out.println("One for the dame,");
System.out.println("And one for the little boy");
System.out.println("Who lives down the lane.");
// our second call to the refrain - now the only
// repeated code here is the method call itself,
// much more manageable than the 4 println
// statements
refrain();
}
}