InstantPurchase
The class InstantPurchase represents items that have been put up for sale
in an electronic auction house in such a way that they may be immediately
purchased at any time while the item is open. As soon as anyone purchases the
item, the sale is finalized and nobody else can buy the item.
Value members
Concrete methods
Buys the item for the given customer. The sale now has a buyer (and is therefore no
longer open). This only works, however, if the sale was open to begin with. The method
returns true if the item was successfully bought, false if the purchase failed.
Buys the item for the given customer. The sale now has a buyer (and is therefore no
longer open). This only works, however, if the sale was open to begin with. The method
returns true if the item was successfully bought, false if the purchase failed.
Returns the buyer of the item, wrapped in an Option;
None is returned if nobody has bought the item yet.
Returns the buyer of the item, wrapped in an Option;
None is returned if nobody has bought the item yet.
Determines if the sale is open, that is, if the item can still be bought. An item like this is always open if nobody has yet bought it and the opportunity to buy it has not yet expired.
Determines if the sale is open, that is, if the item can still be bought. An item like this is always open if nobody has yet bought it and the opportunity to buy it has not yet expired.
Inherited methods
Records one day as having passed. The effects of this depend on the way the item is sold.
Records one day as having passed. The effects of this depend on the way the item is sold.
- Inherited from:
- ItemForSale
Determines if the item has expired, that is, if the sale has ended due to a lack of interest and without the item having been sold. How soon this happens depends on the way the item is sold.
Determines if the item has expired, that is, if the sale has ended due to a lack of interest and without the item having been sold. How soon this happens depends on the way the item is sold.
- Inherited from:
- ItemForSale
Returns the current price of the item, that is, the price that the item is selling for at the moment. If the item is not open, the sale price (if bought) or closing price (if expired) is returned.
Returns the current price of the item, that is, the price that the item is selling for at the moment. If the item is not open, the sale price (if bought) or closing price (if expired) is returned.
- Inherited from:
- ItemForSale
Returns a textual description of the item. This text is the same as that returned by description.
Returns a textual description of the item. This text is the same as that returned by description.
- Definition Classes
- ItemForSale -> Any
- Inherited from:
- ItemForSale