Message in a Bottle #SongsInCode

Software

Sting

This afternoon I did something extraordinarily productive and created an extended #SongsInCode rendition of Message in a Bottle that compiles. Now all somebody in this distant future needs to do is create a new class to fetch Sting's bottle and read his message!

Sting.java

public class Sting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Bottle oceanBottle = new Bottle("SOS!");
  }
}

Bottle.java

public class Bottle {
  String message = "";
  boolean opened = false;
  public Bottle(String message) {
    this.message = message;
  }
  public void pullCork() {
    opened = true;
  }
  public String getMessage() throws NotOpenException {
    if (opened)
      return message;
    else
      throw new NotOpenException();
  }
}

NotOpenException.java

public class NotOpenException extends Throwable {
  public NotOpenException() {
    super("You haven't opened the bottle yet!");
  }
}

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