ElapsedTime.java

/**
 * A class representing an elapsed time measurement 
 * in hours and minutes. 
 * @author Mary Adams
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class ElapsedTime {
    /*
     * The hours portion of the time
     */
    private int hours;
    
    /**
     * The minutes portion of the time
     */
    private int minutes;
 
    /**
     * Constructor initializing hours to timeHours and 
     * minutes to timeMins. 
     * @param timeHours hours portion of time
     * @param timeMins minutes portion of time
     */   
    public ElapsedTime(int timeHours, int timeMins) {
       hours   = timeHours;
       minutes = timeMins;
    }
    
    /**
     * Default constructor initializing all fields to 0. 
     */   
    public ElapsedTime() {
       hours = 0;
       minutes = 0;
    }
    
    /**
     * Prints the time represented by an ElapsedTime 
     * object in hours and minutes.
     */
    public void printTime() {
       System.out.print(hours + " hour(s) " + minutes + " minute(s)");
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets the time to timeHours:timeMins.
     * @param timeHours hours portion of time
     * @param timeMins minutes portion of time
    */
    public void setTime(int timeHours, int timeMins) {
       hours = timeHours;
       minutes = timeMins;
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the total time in minutes.
     * @return an int value representing the elapsed time in minutes.
     */
    public int getTimeMinutes() {
       return ((hours * 60) + minutes);
    }
 }