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2  Self Referential Data and Functional Methods

Self-referential Data

2.1  Problem (5.1.1)

In the textbook we have already defined the following objects:

Date d1 = new Date(5, 6, 2003);
Date d2 = new Date(6, 6, 2003);
Date d3 = new Date(23, 6, 2003);

Entry e1 = new Entry(d1, 5.3, 27, "Good");
Entry e2 = new Entry(d2, 2.8, 24, "Tired");
Entry e3 = new Entry(d3, 26.2, 150, "Exhausted");

ALog l1 = new MTLog();
ALog l2 = new ConsLog(e1,l1);
ALog l3 = new ConsLog(e2,l2);
ALog l4 = new ConsLog(e3,l3);

Translate these two objects of type ALog 

ALog l5 = new ConsLog(e3,l1);
ALog l6 = new ConsLog(e3,l2);

into the runner's world of logs. Assume these examples were constructed in the context of the four examples above.

Represent the following runner's log as objects:

  1. on June 5, 2004: 15.3 miles in 87 minutes, feeling great;

  2. on June 6, 2004: 12.8 miles in 84 minutes, feeling good;

  3. on June 23, 2004: 26.2 miles in 250 minutes, feeling dead;

  4. on June 28, 2004: 26.2 miles in 150 minutes, good recovery;

Create the object via several definitions.

You will need to copy the class definitions for these classes.

            +----------------+
            | AReadingList   |<-----------------+
            +----------------+                  |
                   / \                          |        
                   ---                          |
                    |                           |
                    |                           |
          +---------+---------+                 |
          |                   |                 |
     +---------+          +------------------+  | 
     | MTLoB   |          | ConsLoB          |  |
     +---------+          +------------------+  |
                  +-------| Book fst         |  |
                  |       | AReadingList rst |--+
                  |       +------------------+      
                  v
          +-----------------+           
          | Book            |          
          +-----------------+            
          | String author   |
          | String title    |           
          | int price       |           
          | int year        |
          +-----------------+

Figure 1: A class diagram for reading lists

2.2  Problem (5.1.3)

Consider a revision of the problem 1.5

Develop a program that assists a bookstore manager with reading lists for local schools. ...

The diagram in figure 1 represents the data definitions for classes that represent reading lists. Implement the definitions with classes. Create two book lists that contain at least one of the books in problem 1.5 plus one or more of your favorite books.

2.3  Problem

You are designing an adventure game for your younger sister. Her task is to traverse a maze, while trying to increase her treasure. She starts with some amount of gold, and as she traverses the maze, she may add to her treasure, or lose some of it (or all). The maze consists of rooms, each occupied by one of three creatures: a monster, an elf, or a wizard. In each room with an elf, the elf will increase the treasure by the amount written in his books. In the rooms with the monster, your sister will lose the amount written in blood on the room's wall. Each room with an elf or with a monster leads to two other rooms, but there is only one path to each room, and you can never visit the same room twice. Finally, the maze (and game) ends in a room with a wizard, who adds some more to the treasure using a secret formula. The game may also end in a room with a monster, if your sister loses all her treasure.

Figure 2 shows an example of a maze. Follow the design recipe to define the class hierarchy that represents the maze.

                           Start 
                       10 lbs of gold
                             |
            -----------------------------------
            |                                 |
        Monster                              Elf
        loose 5 lbs                         gain 4 lbs
            |                                 |
     --------------                  --------------------
     |            |                  |                  |
  Wizard         Elf             Monster             Wizard
double your   gain 8 lbs       loose 6 lbs         add 9 lbs
 fortune          |                  |                       
          ----------------         ------------------
          |              |         |                |
       Wizard         Wizard      Elf            Wizard
      add 10 lbs     add 3 lbs   gain 2 lbs     add 1 lb         
                                   |
                          ------------------
                          |                |
                       Wizard           Wizard  
                      add 5 lbs     tripple your fortune

Figure 2: A maze

2.4  Problem (6.2.1)

Collect the class definitions in this section and evaluate them in ProfessorJ. Create an instance of Examples and inspect the object representation. Instances of UFOWorld, AUP, UFO, and Shot should each contain default fields for which the constructor does not consume an argument.

2.5  Problem (6.2.2)

Take a look at w in figure 3. It is an instance of UFOWorld without any shots. Think of it as fresh world that has just been created. Write down a new world like w assuming that the UFO in w has dropped by 3 pixels, that the AUP has remained at the same place, and that the player has fired one shot. A new shot is located 5 pixels above the AUP right in the middle. The width of an AUP is 20 pixels.

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