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+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+/**
+ * Keeps track of a Bank account information including the name (owner of the
+ * account) and the current balance
+ * 
+ * @ElliottChoi
+ * @version December 2015
+ */
+
+public class BankAccount implements Comparable<BankAccount> {
+	// Constant Comparator object for comparing BankAccounts by balances
+	public static final Comparator<BankAccount> BALANCE_ORDER = new BalanceOrder();
+	private static double interestRate = 0;
+	private String name;
+	private double balance;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new BankAccount object with the given name and balance
+	 * 
+	 * @param newName
+	 *            the name of the account holder
+	 * @param openBalance
+	 *            the opening balance for the new account
+	 */
+	public BankAccount(String newName, double openBalance) {
+		name = newName;
+		balance = openBalance;
+	}
+
+	// Display object using println, object's toString method is called to
+	// display the object as a String
+	// Without proper definition, inherit Object's toString method
+	/**
+	 * Returns the BankAccount information as a String
+	 * 
+	 * @returns the bank account name and current balance
+	 */
+	public String toString() {
+		return String.format("%-20s $%,10.2f", name, balance);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows the user to deposit money into the system
+	 * 
+	 * @return the new bank account balance
+	 */
+	public double deposit(double value) {
+		return balance += value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows the user to withdraw money from the system
+	 * 
+	 * @return the new bank account balance
+	 */
+	public double withdraw(double value) {
+		return balance -= value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the current interest rate for all bank accounts
+	 * 
+	 * @param newRate
+	 *            the new rate to set
+	 */
+	public static void setInterestRate(double newRate) {
+		interestRate = newRate;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return balance plus the accrued interest for 1 month
+	 */
+	public double addInterest() {
+		return balance += (interestRate / (12 * 100)) * balance;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param threshold
+	 * @return boolean whether the value is above or below
+	 */
+	public boolean isBalanceOver(double threshold) {
+		return (balance > threshold ? true : false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks to see if the given Object is a Bank account with the same name
+	 * field as this bankAccount
+	 * 
+	 * @param other:
+	 *            the object to compare this bankAccount
+	 * @return true if the given object is a bankAccount with the same name as
+	 *         this bankAccount, else return false
+	 */
+	public boolean equals(Object other) {
+		//// Uses the "instanceof" operator to check if other
+		// is a reference to a BankAccount object
+		if (!(other instanceof BankAccount))
+			return false;
+		else {
+			//// We now know that other must refer to a BankAccount object so
+			//// we can cast it to a BankAccount reference. This step is
+			//// needed in order to be able to access the name field since
+			//// other.name would give an error
+			BankAccount otherAccount = (BankAccount) other;
+			return this.name.equals(otherAccount.name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Compares this BankAccount to another BankAccount by comparing the name
+	 * fields in each BankAccount
+	 * 
+	 * @param other:
+	 *            the BankAccount to compare to this BankAccount
+	 * @return a value < 0 if the name in this account comes alphabetically
+	 *         before the name in the other account, a value > 0, if this name
+	 *         comes after the other name and 0, if the names in the two
+	 *         accounts are the same
+	 */
+
+	public int compareTo(BankAccount other) {
+		return this.name.compareTo(other.name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 ** An inner Comparator class that compares two BankAccounts * by their
+	 * balances
+	 */
+	private static class BalanceOrder implements Comparator<BankAccount> {
+		/**
+		 * Compares the balances of two BankAccount objects
+		 * 
+		 * @param first
+		 *            the first BankAccount to compare
+		 * @param second
+		 *            the second BankAccount to compare
+		 * @return a value < 0 if the first BankAccount has a lower balance, * a
+		 *         value < 0 if first BankAccount has a higher balance and * 0
+		 *         if the balances of the BankAccount are the same
+		 */
+		public int compare(BankAccount first, BankAccount second) {
+			if (first.balance < second.balance)
+				return -1;
+			else if (first.balance > second.balance)
+				return 1;
+			else
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+}