Homework help: Integer Objects

[persianprez]

So this is my assignment: Represent the concept of a Number. For this example a Number is a thing that can be added subtracted, multiplied and divided. Each of these operations is binary and produces a Number as a result. Encode the the Notion of of an Int (an integer object), a rational, and a floating point number in terms of the the Number concept.

I have no idea if I am headed in the right direction since there isnt much about this in the text book.

Here is my code so far:

import java.util.Random;

public class IntObj extends java.lang.Object implements java.io.Serializable{
	public static void main (String[] args){
		
	    Random generator = new Random();
		
	    Integer a = new Integer(generator.nextInt(200)+1);
	    Integer b = new Integer(generator.nextInt(200)+1);
	    Float c = new Float(generator.nextFloat());
	    Float d = new Float(generator.nextFloat());
	    
	    //IntObjs
	    System.out.println("Addition of " + a + " and " + b+" = "+ (a+b));
	    System.out.println("Subtraction of " + a + " and " + b+" = "+ (a-b));
	    System.out.println("Multiplication of " + a + " and " + b+" = "+ (a*b));
	    System.out.println("Division of " + a + " and " + b+" = "+ (a/b)+"."+(a%b));
	    System.out.println();
	    
	    //FloatObjs
	    System.out.println("Addition of " + c + " and " + d+" = "+ (c+d));
	    System.out.println("Subtraction of " + c + " and " + d+" = "+ (c-d));
	    System.out.println("Multiplication of " + c + " and " + d+" = "+ (c*d));
	    System.out.println("Division of " + c + " and " + d+" = "+ (c/d));
	    System.out.println();
	    
	}
	
}

I don't even think I'm doing what he is asking. He isn't replying to my emails so any help is appreciated.

[Taywin]

Hmm... No, I don't think you are on the right track. Do you remember the diagram of number? Something like...

Number
                        |
     +------------------+-----------+
     |                  |           |
     Real            Integer     Imaginary
  /       \             |
rational irrational     |
                     ---+---
                   /    |    \
                neg     0     pos

That's just from the top of my head. I don't think it is completely correct. So what you may need to do is a class of Number that can handle stuff like that... Not sure why it is so complicated... Are you a beginner or somewhat experienced now?

[persianprez]

I've been programming for years, but I've only started programming in Java. I think what I'm supposed to do is write different classes for each type of number and then write the methods for each operation.