Representing Names

1. Write a class, Name, that stores a person's first, middle, and last names and provides the following methods:
   • public Name(String first, String middle, String last) -- constructor. The name should be stored in the case given; don't convert to all upper or lower case.
   • public String getFirst() -- returns the first name
   • public String getMiddle() -- returns the middle name
   • public String getLast() -- returns the last name
   • public String firstMiddleLast() -- returns a string containing the person's full name in order, e.g., "Mary Jane Smith".
   • public String lastFirstMiddle() -- returns a string containing the person's full name with the last name first followed by a comma, e.g., "Smith, Mary Jane".
   • public boolean isEqual(Name otherName) -- returns true if this name is the same as otherName. Comparisons should not be case sensitive. (Hint: There is a String method equalsIgnoreCase that is just like the String method equals except it does not consider case in doing its comparison.)
   • public String initials() -- returns the person's initials (a 3-character string). The initials should be all in upper case, regardless of what case the name was entered in. (Hint: Instead of using charAt, use the substring method of String to get a string containing only the first letter -- then you can upcase this one-letter string. (See Chapter 1 in the text, pp. 39-40, for a description of the substring method. Or see this page.)
   • public int length() -- returns the total number of characters in the full name, not including spaces.
2. Now write a program TestNames.java that prompts for and reads two names from the user (you'll need first, middle, and last for each). The input should be in the form "firstName middleName lastName" (i.e., three words separated by spaces). The program should create a Name object for each, and use the methods of the Name class to do the following:
   1. For each name, print its
      • first-middle-last version (by using Name.lastFirstMiddle)
      • last-first-middle version (by using Name.firstMiddleLast)
      • initials (by using Name.initials)
      • length (by using Name.length)
   2. Tell whether or not the names are the same by using Name.isEqual. If the two names are not equal, the output should be something like, "Franklin Delano Roosevelt is not George W Bush" (this assumes the user provided "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" for the first name and "George W Bush" as the second). If the names are equal, the output should use "is" instead of "is not": e.g., "Franklin Delano Roosevelt is FRANKlin DElano Roosvelt". This assumes the user provided "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" for the first name and "FRANKlin DElano Roosvelt" as the second. Recall that our equality test ignores upper/lower case.)

Your lab document should contain sample output of your program where the two names are the same, and then when the two names differ.

Submit a zip file, names.zip, consisting of your lab document and the Name.java and TestNames.java files.