class AuctionHouse extends AnyRef
The class AuctionHouse
represents electronic auction houses. It provides methods for
adding auctions and producing statistics about the items being sold, among other things.
This version of class AuctionHouse
can only handle English-style auctions (of type
EnglishAuction
). Other ways of selling items are not supported.
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- new AuctionHouse(name: String)
- name
the name of the auction house
Value Members
- def addItem(item: EnglishAuction): Unit
Adds the given auction to the auction house.
- def averagePrice: Double
Returns the current average price of all the items that have been put up for sale in this auction house.
Returns the current average price of all the items that have been put up for sale in this auction house. The average is computed from the prices of all auctions, be they open or closed.
- val name: String
- def nextDay(): Unit
Records one day as having passed.
Records one day as having passed. This is equivalent to calling
auction.advanceOneDay()
for each of the auctions in this auction house.- See also
- def numberOfOpenItems: Int
Returns the number of auctions in this auction house that are currently open.
- def priciest: Option[EnglishAuction]
Returns the priciest item in the auction house, that is, the item whose current price is the highest.
Returns the priciest item in the auction house, that is, the item whose current price is the highest. Both open and closed items are considered. The item is returned in an
Option
wrapper; if there are no auctions at all,None
is returned. - def purchasesOf(buyer: String): Vector[EnglishAuction]
Returns a collection that contains the purchases of a single buyer.
Returns a collection that contains the purchases of a single buyer. This means all the (open or closed) items that have either already been bought by the given person, or that have the person as the highest bidder.
- buyer
the name of the buyer whose purchases should be returned
- def removeItem(item: EnglishAuction): Unit
Removes the given auction from the auction house, assuming it was there.
- def toString: String
Produces a textual representation of this auction house.
Produces a textual representation of this auction house.
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- AuctionHouse → AnyRef → Any
- def totalPrice: Int
Returns the current total price of all the items that have been put up for sale in this auction house.
Returns the current total price of all the items that have been put up for sale in this auction house. The total includes the prices of all auctions, be they open or closed.