Java: Manage a music library of songs

Java OOP: Exercise-15 with Solution

Write a Java program to create a class called "MusicLibrary" with a collection of songs and methods to add and remove songs, and to play a random song.

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

// MusicLibrary.java
// Import the ArrayList class from the Java utility package
import java.util.ArrayList;
// Import the Random class from the Java utility package
import java.util.Random;

// Define the MusicLibrary class
public class MusicLibrary {

    // Declare a private field to store a list of Song objects
    private ArrayList<Song> songs;

    // Constructor to initialize the songs list
    public MusicLibrary() {
        // Create a new ArrayList to hold Song objects
        songs = new ArrayList<Song>();
    }

    // Method to add a song to the library
    public void addSong(Song song) {
        // Add the provided song to the songs list
        songs.add(song);
    }

    // Method to remove a song from the library
    public void removeSong(Song song) {
        // Remove the provided song from the songs list
        songs.remove(song);
    }

    // Method to get the list of all songs in the library
    public ArrayList<Song> getSongs() {
        // Return the list of songs
        return songs;
    }

    // Method to play a random song from the library
    public void playRandomSong() {
        // Get the number of songs in the library
        int size = songs.size();

        // Check if the library is empty
        if (size == 0) {
            // Print a message if there are no songs to play
            System.out.println("No songs in the library.");
            return; // Exit the method
        }

        // Create a new Random object to generate a random number
        Random rand = new Random();

        // Generate a random index within the range of the songs list
        int index = rand.nextInt(size);

        // Print the title and artist of the randomly selected song
        System.out.println("Now playing: " + songs.get(index).getTitle() + " by " + songs.get(index).getArtist());
    }
}

The above “MusicLibrary” class represents a library of songs. It uses an ArrayList to store the songs, and provides methods to add and remove songs from the library. It also has a method to get a list of all the songs in the library, and a method to play a random song from the library.

// Song.java
// Define the Song class
public class Song {

    // Private fields to store the title and artist of the song
    private String title;
    private String artist;

    // Constructor to initialize the title and artist fields
    public Song(String title, String artist) {
        this.title = title;  // Set the title field to the provided title
        this.artist = artist;  // Set the artist field to the provided artist
    }

    // Getter method to retrieve the title of the song
    public String getTitle() {
        return title;  // Return the value of the title field
    }

    // Setter method to update the title of the song
    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;  // Set the title field to the provided title
    }

    // Getter method to retrieve the artist of the song
    public String getArtist() {
        return artist;  // Return the value of the artist field
    }

    // Setter method to update the artist of the song
    public void setArtist(String artist) {
        this.artist = artist;  // Set the artist field to the provided artist
    }
}

The “Song” class represents a song in a music library. It has two private instance variables, the title and the artist, and a constructor that takes these two variables as parameters. The class also provides getters and setters for the title and artist variables, allowing the client code to access and modify the song information.

// Main.java
// Import the ArrayList class from the Java utility package
import java.util.ArrayList;

// Define the Main class
public class Main {

    // The main method - the entry point of the Java application
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Create a new instance of the MusicLibrary class
        MusicLibrary library = new MusicLibrary();

        // Add songs to the music library
        library.addSong(new Song("Midnight Train to Georgia", "Gladys Knight & the Pips"));
        library.addSong(new Song("Stairway to Heaven", "Led Zeppelin"));
        library.addSong(new Song("Imagine", "John Lennon"));
        library.addSong(new Song("All by Myself", "Eric Carmen"));
        library.addSong(new Song("What'd I Say", "Ray Charles"));
        library.addSong(new Song("Walking in Memphis", "Marc Cohn"));
        library.addSong(new Song("In the Air Tonight", "Phil Collins"));

        // Print all songs in the music library
        System.out.println("All songs:");

        // Iterate through each song in the library and print its title and artist
        for (Song song : library.getSongs()) {
            System.out.println(song.getTitle() + " by " + song.getArtist());
        }

        // Print a message indicating a random song will be played
        System.out.println("\n**Playing Random Song**");

        // Play and print a random song from the library three times
        library.playRandomSong();
        System.out.println();
        library.playRandomSong();
        System.out.println();
        library.playRandomSong();
    }
}

The Main class creates an instance of MusicLibrary and adds several Song objects to it. It then retrieves and prints out the list of all songs in the library. Finally, it calls the playRandomSong() method of the MusicLibrary object three times to play a random song each time, printing out the details of the played song.

Sample Output:

All songs:
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Imagine by John Lennon
All by Myself by Eric Carmen
What'd I Say by Ray Charles
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins

**Playing Random Song**
Now playing: Imagine by John Lennon

Now playing: Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Now playing: What'd I Say by Ray Charles

Flowchart:

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