Term.java

/**
 * This class implements a term of a polynomial.
 * 
 * @author runb-cs112
 *
 */
public class Term {
	
	/**
	 * Coefficient of term.
	 */
	public float coeff;
	
	/**
	 * Degree of term.
	 */
	public int degree;
	
	/**
	 * Initializes an instance with given coefficient and degree.
	 * 
	 * @param coeff Coefficient
	 * @param degree Degree
	 */
	public Term(float coeff, int degree) {
		this.coeff = coeff;
		this.degree = degree;
	}
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public boolean equals(Object other) {
		return other != null &&
		other instanceof Term &&
		coeff == ((Term)other).coeff &&
		degree == ((Term)other).degree;
	}
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	public String toString() {
		if (degree == 0) {
			return coeff + "";
		} else if (degree == 1) {
			return coeff + "x";
		} else {
			return coeff + "x^" + degree;
		}
	}
}