Class Tweet

java.lang.Object

Tweet

public class Tweet
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a single Tweet

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Tweet(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String date) Constructs a Tweet object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDate() Get the date of the post in YYYY-MM-DD format.
java.lang.String	getText() Get the message text of the Tweet.
java.lang.String	getUserName() Get the user name of the poster.
static Tweet	read(java.util.Scanner sc) Reads data from a Scanner and creates & returns a Tweet from it.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of a Tweet in message-tab-user-tab-date format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Tweet

public Tweet(java.lang.String text,
     java.lang.String userName,
     java.lang.String date)

Constructs a Tweet object.

Parameters:

text - The text of the message

userName - the Twitter user name of the poster

date - the date in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. "2014-12-25"

Method Detail

read

public static Tweet read(java.util.Scanner sc)

Reads data from a Scanner and creates & returns a Tweet from it. The expected format is a single line wth three tab-delimited fields, the first of which is the Tweet text, the second the Twitter user name, the third the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. For example:

IC211 was awesome today ... as usual.   csitmid   2015-02-13

Parameters:

sc - The scanner that input will be read from.

Returns:

null if the necessary Tweet data cannot be read, a newly constructeed Tweet otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of a Tweet in message-tab-user-tab-date format. Note that the date is in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of a Tweet in message-tab-user-tab-date format.

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Get the message text of the Tweet.

Returns:

the message text of the Tweet.

getUserName

public java.lang.String getUserName()

Get the user name of the poster.

Returns:

the Twitter user name of the poster.

getDate

public java.lang.String getDate()

Get the date of the post in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Returns:

the date of the Twitter post in YYY-MM-DD format.