LotteryTicket

LotteryTicket.java

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class LotteryTicket
{
    /**
	 * There are 6 numbers in each lottery ticket
	 */
	private final int TOTAL_NUMBERS	= 6;

	/**
	 * The smallest number on the ticket is assumed to be 1
	 * The largest number on the ticket is 49
	 */
	private final int MAX_NUMBER = 49;

	/* FIXME: Include all necessary instance variables for a lottery ticket. */



	/**
	 * This is the General Constructor. It should initialize and populate the
	 * lottery number into the array.
	 */
	public LotteryTicket()
	{
	
		/* FIXME: Fill in the necessary functionality in this method to create an
		 * array full of random numbers and sort it in ascending order - see Part I
		 * for guidance.
		 */
	}

	/**
	 * This method populates the array a with numbers
	 * between MIN_NUMBER and MAX_NUMBER and ensures there are no duplicate numbers.
	 */
	private void generate (int[] a)
	{
		Random r = new Random();

		for (int i=0;i<this.TOTAL_NUMBERS;i++)
		{
        	/* FIXME: Complete the generate method. It should be very similar to the generate
        	 * method used in Part 1.
        	 */
		}

	}

	/**
	 * This method should return the numbers in the lottery ticket as a printable String,
	 * in the same format as the one used by the display method in Part 1.
	 */
	public String toString()
	{
		/* FIXME: */

		return "{fixme}";
	}

	/**
	 * This method compares two sets of LotteryTicket and returns a boolean (true or false)
	 * indicating whether they match. LotteryDraw uses this method to determine if it has found a
	 * winning ticket, so it is very important that it function properly.
	 */
	public boolean matches(LotteryTicket other)
	{
		/*
		 * Based on the logic of this lottery program we know that for each Lottery Ticket:
		 * 1) all numbers are sorted lowest to highest
		 * 2) No numbers are the same
		 *
		 */

		/* FIXME: */

		return false;
	}
}