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BJP3 Exercise 8.18: classRectangle

Author: Marty Stepp (on 2013/09/15)

Write a class called Rectangle that represents a rectangular two-dimensional region. Your Rectangle objects should have the following methods: 

public Rectangle(int x, int y, int width, int height)

Constructs a new rectangle whose top-left corner is specified by the given coordinates and with the given width and height. Throw an IllegalArgumentException on a negative width or height. 

public int getHeight()

Returns this rectangle's height. 

public int getWidth()

Returns this rectangle's width. 

public int getX()

Returns this rectangle's x-coordinate. 

public int getY()

Returns this rectangle's y-coordinate. 

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this rectangle, such as "Rectangle[x=1,y=2,width=3,height=4]".

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