New to JAVA, but old school to programming
Objects & Classes & Methods, Oh my!
I'm pretty new to java, but I've been programming in several languages over the years. I thought it was about time to update my skill set, especially with the job market as it is today. I wanted to go JAVA because it's not specific to any environment.
I picked up a begining JAVA book and was a little confused. When I was learning programming a program was called a program. a peice of code in a program called by a statement was called a subroutine (it was performed then control returned to the calling line and continued).
Now I'm trying to make sense of everything I have read so far and trying to relate it back to my old school of thinking. I was hoping it would make it easier to retain and I could expand it as I learn and possibly realize that it IS different. I know it's a new way of thinking, but stay with me for minute.
What I used to call a program is now a CLASS in JAVA (this can be a collection of code or other objects). A sub-routine in a CLASS is a Method. I know that the language part will come as I use it since I understand if's then's and whatever you use to gosub or goto, but I want to make sure I have down the lingo before I go to deep.
I have no idea how you can compare Java to Cobol.
DataFlex? How about that! In about '84 I switched to
DataFlex from dBaseII. In '91 DataFlex changed from
procedural to OOP. It took most of us at least a year
to adjust, and then some to write concrete code. It
was tough. They had bugs and we were limited with DOS.
BUT, it was a great OOP training experience. Anyhow,
needless to day Java is miles ahead on all fronts.Small world. I was stuck in the old DataFlex Ver 2.3 at that time. The company I worked for had the newer OOP package. I did get to work with it some, but not enough to become totally familiar with it. We started to move out of DataFlex towards PowerBuilder towards the end of 1995. I did get some OOP from that experience, but again only enough to learn about global variables, instance variables, and a few other items. I hoping that I will be able to get the solid OOP background that I need from JAVA since I hear through the grapevine that it may be a new tool that we will be looking at to enhance our programming. I was looking at PERL but even the PERL programmers we have agree that JAVA is more scalable.
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I am student doing postgraduate studies in IT.i have some queries related to one of my programming staff.i am very much new into Java programming and i am finding it a bit difficult to handle this program.The synopsis of the program is given below -
You are required to design and code an object-oriented java program to process bookings for a theatre perfomance.
Your program will read from a data file containing specifications of the performance,including the names of the theatre, the play and its author and the layout of the theatre consisting of the number of seats in each row.
It will then run a menu driven operation to accept theatre bookings or display the current
status of seating in the theatre.
The name of the file containing the details of the performance and the theatre should be
provided at the command line, eg by running the program with the command:
java Booking Theatre.txt
where Theare.txt represents an example of the data file.
A possible data file is:
Opera
U and Me
Jennifer Aniston
5 10 10 11 12 13 14
The data provided is as follows
Line 1
Name of the Theatre
Line 2
Name of the play being performed
Line 3
Name of the author of the play being performed
Line 4
A list of the lengths (number of seats) of each row in the theatre, from front to
back.
The program must start by reading this file, storing all the appropriate parameters and
establishing an object to accept bookings for this performance with all details for the theatre
and performance.
The program should then start a loop in which a menu is presented to the user, eg:
Select from the following:
B - Book seats
T - Display Theatre bookings
Q - Quit from the program
Enter your choice:
And keep performing selected operations until the user�s selects the quit option, when the
program should terminate.
T - Display Theatre bookings
The Display Theatre Bookings option should display a plan of the theatre. Every available
seat should be displayed containing its identification, while reserved seats should contain an
Rows in each theatre are indicated by letters starting from �A� at the front. Seats are
numbered from left to right starting from 1. A typical seat in the theatre might be designated
D12, representing seat 12 in row D.
B - Book seats
The booking of seats is to offer a number of different options.
First the customer must be asked how many adjacent seats are
required. Then start a loop offering a further menu of choices:
Enter one of the following:
The first seat of a selected series, eg D12
A preferred row letter, eg F
A ? to have the first available sequence selected for you
A # to see a display of all available seats
A 0 to cancel your attempt to book seats
Enter your selection:
1. If the user enters a seat indentifier such B6, The program should attempt to
reserve the required seats starting from that seat. For example if 4 seats are
required from B6, seats B6, B7, B8 and B9 should be reserved for the customer,
with a message confirming the reservation and specifying the seats reserved..
Before this booking can take place, some testing is required. Firstly, the row
letter must be a valid row. Then the seat number must be within the seats in the
row and such that the 4 seats would not go beyond the end of the row. The
program must then check that none of the required seats is already reserved.
If the seats are invalid or already reserved, no reservation should be made and the
booking menu should be repeated to give the customer a further chance to book
seats.
If the reservation is successful, return to the main menu.
2. The user can also simply enter a row letter, eg B.IN this case, the program should
first check that the letter is a valid row and then offer the user in turn each
adjacent block of the required size in the specified row and for each ask whether
the customer wants to take them. Using the partly booked theatre layout above, if
the customer wanted 2 seats from row B, the customer should be offered first:
Seats B5 to B6
then if the customer does not want them:
Seats B10 to B11
and finally
Seats B11 to B12
If the customer selects a block of seats, then return to the main menu. If none are
selected, or there is no block of the required size available in the row, then report
that no further blocks of the required size are available in the row and repeat the
booking menu.
3. If the user enters a ? the program should offer the customer every block of seats
of the required size in the whole theatre. This process should start from the first
row and proceed back a row at a time. For example, again using the partially
booked theatre shown above, if the user requested 9 seats, the program should
offer in turn:
Seats A1 to A9
Seats C1 to C9
Seats C2 to C10
Seats E3 to E11
Seats E4 to E12
If the customer selects a block of seats, then return to the main menu. If none are
selected, or there is no block of the required size available in the whole theatre,
then report that no further blocks of the required size are available and repeat the
booking menu.
4. If the user enters a # the program should display the current status of the seating
in the theatre, exactly the same as for the T option from the main menu and then
repeat the booking menu.
5. If the user enters a 0 (zero), the program should exit from the booking menu back
to the main menu. If for example the user wanted 9 seats and no block of 9 was
left in the theatre, he would need to make two separate smaller bookings.
The program should perform limited data validation in the booking process. If a single
character other than 0, ? and # is entered, it should be treated as a row letter and then tested
for falling within the range of valid rows, eg A to H in the example above. Any invalid row
letters should be rejected.
If more than one character is entered, the first character should be tested as a valid row letter,
and the numeric part should be tested for falling within the given row. You are NOT
required to test for valid numeric input as this would require the use of Exception handling.
You are provided with a class file:
Pad.java
containing methods that can be used for neat alignment of the seat identifiers in the theatre
plan.
File Processing
The file to be read must be opened within the program and if the named file does not exist, a
FileNotFoundException will be generated. It is desirable that this Exception be caught and
a corrected file name should be asked for.
This is not required for this assignment, as Exception handling has not been covered in this
Unit. It will be acceptable if the method simply throws IOException in its heading.
The only checking that is required is to make sure that the user does supply a file on the
command line, containing details of the performance. This can be tested for by checking the
length of the parameter array args. The array length should be 1. If not, display an error
message telling the user the correct way to run the program and then terminate the program
System.exit(0);
The file should be closed after reading is completed.
Program Requirements
You are expected to create at least three classes in developing a solution to this problem.
There should be an outer driving class, a class to represent the theatre performance and its
bookings and a class to represent a single row within the theatre.
You will also need to use arrays at two levels. You will need an array of Rows in the Theatre
class.
Each Row object will need an array of seats to keep track of which seats have been reserved.
Your outer driving class should be called BookingOffice and should be submitted in a file named BookingOffice.java
Your second, third and any additional classes, should be submitted in separate files, each
class in a .java file named with the same name as the class
I am also very sorry to give such a long description.but i mainly want to know how to approach for this program.
also how to designate each row about it's column while it is being read from the text file, how to store it, how to denote first row as row A(second row as row B and so on) and WHICH CLASS WILL PERFORM WHICH OPERATIONS.
pls do give a rough guideline about designing each class and it's reponsibilty.
thanking u and looking forward for your help,
sincerely
RKyes i do know that........but can u ppl pls mention
atleast what classes shud i consider and what will be
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1. Change a card game application that draws two cards
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import javax.swing.*;
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int j;
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for (j = 1; j <= 4; j++)
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int val = 0;
boolean ace = false;
int cds;
for (int i = 0; i < cards; i++)
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cardValue = 10;
if (cardValue ==1) {
ace = true;
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int x = 3;
int i;
int wins = 1;
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do {
dealer = (d.draw());
System.out.println(" " + dealer);
}while (dealer.rank() <= 17);
Card mine = d.draw();
System.out.println("\t\t\t\t Player draws: "
+ mine);
mine = d.draw();
System.out.println("\t\t\t\t\t\t" + mine);
do{
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else
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Please try again.");
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if ((dealer.rank() > mine.rank())
&& (dealer.rank() <= 21)
|| (mine.rank() > 21)
&& (dealer.rank() < 22)
|| ((dealer.rank() == 21)
&& (mine.rank() == 21))
|| ((mine.rank() > 21)
&& (dealer.rank() <= 21)))
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else
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break;
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if (rounds == 5)
System.out.println("Player wins " +
(CardDeck.rounds - wins) + "rounds");
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private int cards;
public static int rounds = 1;
public int cardValue;
/**When I try to compile this nested class, I get an error message saying I need a brace here and at the end of the program. I don't know if any of this code would work because I've tried adding braces and still can't compile it.**/
class Hand()
static int r = 1;
public Hand() { CardDeck.rounds = r; }
public int getRounds() { return r++; }
final class Card
public static final int ACE = 1;
public static final int JACK = 11;
public static final int QUEEN = 12;
public static final int KING = 13;
public static final int CLUBS = 1;
public static final int DIAMONDS = 2;
public static final int HEARTS = 3;
public static final int SPADES = 4;
public Card(int v, int s)
value = v;
suit = s;
public int getValue() { return value; }
public int getSuit() { return suit; }
public int rank()
if (value == 1)
return 4 * 13 + suit;
else
return 4 * (value - 1) + suit;
/**This works, but I'm confused. How is this method called? Does it call itself?**/
public String toString()
String v;
String s;
if (value == ACE)
v = "Ace";
else if (value == JACK)
v = "Jack";
else if (value == QUEEN)
v = "Queen";
else if (value == KING)
v = "King";
else
v = String.valueOf(value);
if (suit == DIAMONDS)
s = "Diamonds";
else if (suit == HEARTS)
s = "Hearts";
else if (suit == SPADES)
s = "Spades";
else
s = "Clubs";
return v + " of " + s;
private int value; //Value is an integer, so how can a
private int suit; //string be assigned to an integer?
}Thank you so much for offering to help me with this Jamie! When I tried to call change value using:
Card dealer = (d.changeValue());
I get an error message saying:
Incompatible types found: int
required: Card
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public void mouseReleased (MouseEvent e)
public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e)
public void mouseMoved (MouseEvent e)
ypaddle = e.getY ();
repaint();
public void mouseDragged (MouseEvent e)
public void paint (Graphics g)
paddle (g, ypaddle);
* Creates the paddle for hitting the ball
*@param y value used to move the paddle vertically
public void paddle (Graphics g, int y)
g.fillRect (10, 10+y, 15, 60+y);
} // Ping classI'm totally stumped, I've tried for 2 hours to find the problem, and I have a feeling it's something very simple that I'm passing over...
If you have any questions about the variables or other things, please ask!
And one last little quick question, is there a way I can restrict the movement of the paddle between two Y values? (i.e not higher than y=10 or lower than y=100)
Thanks in advance :)soundweave wrote:
I'm not exactly sure how to find out, Eh?
You wrote this code:
g.fillRect (10, 10+y, 15, 60+y);Do you understand what fillRect does? If I call fillRect(10, 20, 30, 40) where will that rectangle be drawn? If you don't know how to answer that, I don't see how you could have written that line of code.
but here's some pictures of what happens ( I put in 0 and 80 as the y values in each picture, and left the code window open so you can see )I don't need to see them.
Y at 0: [http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww314/len56/Untitled.jpg?t=1263077701|http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww314/len56/Untitled.jpg?t=1263077701]
Y at 80: [http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww314/len56/Untitled2.jpg?t=1263077625|http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww314/len56/Untitled2.jpg?t=1263077625]
So, given that the first one comes from fillRect(10, 10, 15, 60), (you get where that comes from I hope) and the second comes from fillRect(10, 90, 15, 150) (that too), does that not suggest that something is wrong with the numbers you're passing to fillRect? And since you have read the docs for fillRect and know what it does and what each of its parameters represents (right?), does it not suggest exactly what is wrong with those numbers?
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