Class Equipment

java.lang.Object

com.equipmentrental.equipment_rental_system.model.Equipment

@Entity
public class Equipment
extends Object

Represents a physical equipment item available for booking. This is the central entity in the system: it is categorised, booked and tracked.

Each item belongs to exactly one Category (BR-04) and can have multiple Booking records. The EquipmentStatus reflects the current availability and is updated automatically when bookings are created or cancelled (BR-08).

Equipment with active bookings cannot be deleted (BR-07). Items in MAINTENANCE or UNAVAILABLE status cannot be booked (BR-01).

See Also:

• Category
• Booking
• EquipmentStatus
• EquipmentService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Equipment(String name, String description, String location, String condition, EquipmentStatus status, LocalDate purchaseDate, BigDecimal costPerDay, Category category)	Creates a new equipment item with all fields.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isAvailable()	Checks whether this equipment item has AVAILABLE status.
void	updateStatus(EquipmentStatus newStatus)	Updates the equipment status to the specified value.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Equipment

public Equipment(String name,
 String description,
 String location,
 String condition,
 EquipmentStatus status,
 LocalDate purchaseDate,
 BigDecimal costPerDay,
 Category category)

Creates a new equipment item with all fields.

Parameters:

name - display name of the item

description - brief description

location - physical storage location

condition - current physical condition (e.g. Good, Fair, Excellent)

status - availability status

purchaseDate - date the item was acquired

costPerDay - daily booking cost in pounds sterling

category - the category this item belongs to

Method Details

isAvailable

public boolean isAvailable()

Checks whether this equipment item has AVAILABLE status.

Returns:

true if the status is EquipmentStatus.AVAILABLE

updateStatus

public void updateStatus(EquipmentStatus newStatus)

Updates the equipment status to the specified value.

Parameters:

newStatus - the new status to set