Package com.tnsai.coordination.voting

Record Class Vote

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Record

com.tnsai.coordination.voting.Vote

Record Components:

voterId - Unique identifier of the voter

choice - Selected option (null for ranked-choice votes)

rankedChoices - Ordered preferences for ranked-choice voting

weight - Vote weight (default 1.0)

timestamp - When the vote was cast

public record Vote(String voterId, String choice, List<String> rankedChoices, double weight, Instant timestamp)
extends Record

Represents a single vote cast by a voter.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Vote(String voterId, String choice, List<String> rankedChoices, double weight, Instant timestamp)	Creates an instance of a Vote record class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	choice()	Returns the value of the choice record component.
final boolean	equals(Object o)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
final int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code value for this object.
static Vote	of(String voterId, String choice)	Creates a simple vote with default weight.
static Vote	ofRanked(String voterId, List<String> rankedChoices)	Creates a ranked-choice vote.
static Vote	ofWeighted(String voterId, String choice, double weight)	Creates a weighted vote.
List<String>	rankedChoices()	Returns the value of the rankedChoices record component.
Instant	timestamp()	Returns the value of the timestamp record component.
final String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this record class.
String	voterId()	Returns the value of the voterId record component.
double	weight()	Returns the value of the weight record component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Vote

public Vote(String voterId,
 String choice,
 List<String> rankedChoices,
 double weight,
 Instant timestamp)

Creates an instance of a Vote record class.

Parameters:

voterId - the value for the voterId record component

choice - the value for the choice record component

rankedChoices - the value for the rankedChoices record component

weight - the value for the weight record component

timestamp - the value for the timestamp record component

Method Details

of

public static Vote of(String voterId,
 String choice)

Creates a simple vote with default weight.

ofRanked

public static Vote ofRanked(String voterId,
 List<String> rankedChoices)

Creates a ranked-choice vote.

ofWeighted

public static Vote ofWeighted(String voterId,
 String choice,
 double weight)

Creates a weighted vote.

toString

public final String toString()

Returns a string representation of this record class. The representation contains the name of the class, followed by the name and value of each of the record components.

Specified by:

toString in class Record

Returns:

a string representation of this object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this object. The value is derived from the hash code of each of the record components.

Specified by:

hashCode in class Record

Returns:

a hash code value for this object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The objects are equal if the other object is of the same class and if all the record components are equal. Reference components are compared with Objects::equals(Object,Object); primitive components are compared with '=='.

Specified by:

equals in class Record

Parameters:

o - the object with which to compare

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the o argument; false otherwise.

voterId

public String voterId()

Returns the value of the voterId record component.

Returns:

the value of the voterId record component

choice

public String choice()

Returns the value of the choice record component.

Returns:

the value of the choice record component

rankedChoices

public List<String> rankedChoices()

Returns the value of the rankedChoices record component.

Returns:

the value of the rankedChoices record component

weight

public double weight()

Returns the value of the weight record component.

Returns:

the value of the weight record component

timestamp

public Instant timestamp()

Returns the value of the timestamp record component.

Returns:

the value of the timestamp record component