requirement: design a class named allergy that provides information about the allergy of a patient. e.g. who reported the allergy(patient/doctor/relative), different symptoms of the allergy that are detected, severity, method that returns when was that allergy detected in that patient.
I am thinking of something like this:
[java]public abstract class Allergy{
private String reporter;
private String symptoms;
private int timeReported;
private int severity;
//Higher the number, higher the severity
public Allergy(String reporter, String symptoms, int timeReported, int severity){
this.reporter=reporter;
this.symptoms=symptoms;
this.timeReported=timeReported;
this.severity=severity;
}
public void setReporter(String reporter){
this.reporter=reporter;
}
public void setSymptoms(String symptoms){
this.symptoms=symptoms;
}
public void setSeverity(int severity){
this.severity=severity;
}
public void setTimeReported(int timeReported){
this.timeReported=timeReported;
}
public String getReporter(){
return reporter;
}
public String getSymptoms(){
return symptoms;
}
public int getSeverity(){
return severity;
}
public int getTimeReported(){
return timeReported;
}
}
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Is this a good design of the class? Is there any way I can improve the design? Or does someone have a better implementation?
I have to be able to explain as many OOP concepts. Can I make use of any other OOP concept here apart from abstract, encapsulation and inheritance that I will be able to use having the current design in my mind?
