uk.ac.cam.cl.databases.moviedb.model

Class Person

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.cam.cl.databases.moviedb.model.Person

public class Person
extends Object

A Person object represents everything we know about a person in our database. You can look up a person by ID using MovieDB.getPersonById(int), and search for people by name using MovieDB.getByNamePrefix(String).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Person()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Person	fromJson(String json) Parses a JSON string into a Person object.
List<Role>	getActorIn() If this person is an actor or actress, gets the list of movies in which they played a role, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getCinematographerIn() If this person is a cinematographer or director of photography, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getComposerIn() If this person is a composer, gets the list of movies on which they composed the main background score, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getCostumeDesignerIn() If this person is a costume designer, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getDirectorIn() If this person is a director, gets the list of movies they directed, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getEditorIn() If this person is a picture editor, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year.
String	getGender() Gets the gender of this person, either "male" or "female".
int	getId() Gets the unique numerical ID of this person.
String	getName() Gets the name of this person, usually in the form "surname, firstname".
List<BiographyItem>	getProducerIn() If this person is a producer (including executive producer, line producer, etc.), gets the list of movies that they produced, sorted by year.
List<BiographyItem>	getProductionDesignerIn() If this person is a production designer, gets the list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year.
List<ScriptWriter>	getWriterIn() If this person is a screenplay or story writer, gets a list of movies that they wrote, sorted by year.
String	toString() Generates a JSON string representing this person.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Person

public Person()

Method Detail

fromJson

public static Person fromJson(String json)

Parses a JSON string into a Person object.

Parameters:

json - JSON data representing a person.

toString

public String toString()

Generates a JSON string representing this person.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getId

public int getId()

Gets the unique numerical ID of this person. This ID is only meaningful within this example database; it does not correspond to the ID on the IMDb website.

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this person, usually in the form "surname, firstname". If there are several people with the same name in the database, the name is followed by a roman numeral in parentheses to resolve the ambiguity (the number is arbitrarily assigned). Names in languages that use non-latin characters are romanised into the latin alphabet.

getGender

public String getGender()

Gets the gender of this person, either "male" or "female". Only set for actors and actresses, which are separated into two separate lists in IMDb; for other people (e.g. directors, producers) the gender is null. For transgender or non-binary gender people, either "male" or "female" has been chosen by whoever entered the data into IMDb.

getActorIn

public List<Role> getActorIn()

If this person is an actor or actress, gets the list of movies in which they played a role, sorted by year. null if this person is not an actor.

getCinematographerIn

public List<BiographyItem> getCinematographerIn()

If this person is a cinematographer or director of photography, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getComposerIn

public List<BiographyItem> getComposerIn()

If this person is a composer, gets the list of movies on which they composed the main background score, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getCostumeDesignerIn

public List<BiographyItem> getCostumeDesignerIn()

If this person is a costume designer, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getDirectorIn

public List<BiographyItem> getDirectorIn()

If this person is a director, gets the list of movies they directed, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getEditorIn

public List<BiographyItem> getEditorIn()

If this person is a picture editor, gets a list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getProducerIn

public List<BiographyItem> getProducerIn()

If this person is a producer (including executive producer, line producer, etc.), gets the list of movies that they produced, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getProductionDesignerIn

public List<BiographyItem> getProductionDesignerIn()

If this person is a production designer, gets the list of movies that they worked on, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.

getWriterIn

public List<ScriptWriter> getWriterIn()

If this person is a screenplay or story writer, gets a list of movies that they wrote, sorted by year. Otherwise returns null.