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Creating the Model

1:48 with Ken Alger

We can now create some data model objects to hold the data we are getting from the Dark Sky service.

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    Back here in Android Studio, let's create a new class in our project.

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    New Java class, we'll call it current weather.

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    And hit OK.

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    Cool, next, let's define our variables.

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    So we need a private string.

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    We'll need one for the location label.

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    We'll need a private string for our icon.

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    A private long for our time.

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    The temperature is in double value.

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    As is humidity.

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    And for precipitation we'll do a precipChance.

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    And we'll need a string for our summary.

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    Now we just need to type out all of our getters and setters.

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    Well, okay, let's not type them all out.

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    We can use Android Studio's auto generation feature to accomplish this.

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    If we go to Code, Generate, Getter and Setter,

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    we can select all the variables, and hit OK.

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    And there they are.

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    Very nice.

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    This is a great start for our data model.

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    We'll be making a few tweaks as we continue on with the project.

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    For now, though, let's jump back and look at this data format called JSON.

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