Class Category

java.lang.Object

com.equipmentrental.equipment_rental_system.model.Category

@Entity
public class Category
extends Object

Represents an equipment category used to group items by type. Examples include Audio Equipment, Computing and Photography.

Each equipment item must belong to exactly one category (BR-04). A category cannot be deleted while equipment items are assigned to it (BR-06).

See Also:

• Equipment
• CategoryService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Category(String name, String description)	Creates a new category with the specified name and description.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getEquipmentCount()	Returns the number of equipment items currently assigned to this category.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Category

public Category(String name,
 String description)

Creates a new category with the specified name and description.

Parameters:

name - the unique category name

description - a brief description of the category

Method Details

getEquipmentCount

public int getEquipmentCount()

Returns the number of equipment items currently assigned to this category.

Returns:

the count of equipment items in this category