[codebuzz]

Your task is to create a programming system for a ferry. The ferry transports passengers and vehicles (cars, busses, lorries and bicycles). The ferry has space for 200 passengers and 40 cars. A lorry need as much space as two busses or 8 cars. A car need as much space as 5 bicycles. There are different fees for different vehicles and an extra fee might be added for passengers. Use the following fees:

Passenger without vehicle, 20 $.
Bicycle 40$ (passenger included).
Car 100$ + 15 $/passenger. (maximum 4 passengers)
Bus 200 $ + 10 $/ passenger. (maximum 20 passengers)
Lorry 300 $ + 15 $/ passenger. (maximum 2 passengers)
Every type of vehicle (car, bus, lorry, bicycle) will inherit from the class Vehicle. The functionality of the ferry is given by the interface Ferry :

public interface Ferry  {
   int countPassengers();             // Number of passengers on board
   int countVehicleSpace();           // Used vehicle space. One car is 1.
   int countMoney();                  // Earned money
   Iterator iterator();               // Vehicle iterator   
   void embark(Vehicle v);            // Embark vehicle, warning if not enough space
   void embark(Passenger p);          // Embark passenger, warning if not enough room
   void disembark();                  // Clear (empty) ferry. The money earned remains, 
                                      // i.e., is not reset to zero 
   boolean hasSpaceFor(Vehicle v);    // true if we can embark vehicle v
   boolean hasRoomFor(Passenger p);   // true if we can embark passenger p
   String toString();                 // Nice looking ferry status print out

}

A vehicle cannot leave the ferry until the ferry has been disembarked and the same vehicle cannot embark twice. The ferry iterator should iterate over all vehicles embarked (not the passengers). Also write a program FerryMain.java, embarking a number of vehicles and passengers, showing the functionality of the methods.

MOD EDIT: When posting code...USE CODE TAGS!!!

This post has been edited by codebuzz: 07 October 2010 - 06:44 AM

[Brewer]

I think what you posted explains it pretty well. Go grab a pen and a piece of paper and mull it over for a little while, see what you come up with and then come back.

[JackOfAllTrades]

You've been given this assignment because you're expected to know how to do it. If you do not, then explaining that is a job for your instructor, as noted above. We're neither a free homework service, nor personal tutors. If you give it your BEST EFFORT and have problems, come back with the code -- IN CODE TAGS -- and we'll try to help.

[codebuzz]

Jambr, on 07 October 2010 - 03:55 AM, said:

I think what you posted explains it pretty well. Go grab a pen and a piece of paper and mull it over for a little while, see what you come up with and then come back.

well I have created three classes at the moment..namely Ferry.java which is the interface that describes the functionality of the task to be performed, FerryMain.java that will perform the operation in each method and Vehicle.java.

public abstract class Vehicle implements Ferry  {
	
	public int car;
	public int lorry;
	public int  bus;
	public int bicycles;
	public int passengers;
	
	public Vehicle(int p, int numCar,int numBus, int numLorry,int numBicycles ){
		 passengers = p;
		 car = numCar;
		 bus = numBus;
		 lorry = numLorry;
		 bicycles = numBicycles;
	}		

public int countPassengers() {
	      if (passengers <= 200){
	    	  countPassengers();
	      }
		return passengers;
}


/public int countVehicleSpace() {
	
	return 0;
}

public int countMoney() {
	
	return 0;
}


/*public Iterator iterator() {
	
	return null;
}


/public void embark(Vehicle v) {
		
}

public void embark(Passenger p) {
		
}

public void disembark() {
		
}

public boolean hasSpaceFor(Vehicle v) {
	
	return false;
}


public boolean hasRoomFor(Passenger p) {
	
	return false;
}}

Edited by macosxnerd101: Please, .

[macosxnerd101]

So what problems or errors are you encountering?

[Brewer]

How will this program be tested? As in: Does it have to work for a set number of passengers/vehicles, or does it have to work for multiple sets of numbers of passengers and vehicles?

[codebuzz]

macosxnerd101, on 07 October 2010 - 04:19 AM, said:

So what problems or errors are you encountering?

the Vehicle types busses,cars,lorries and bicycles , I need to make them inherit from the super class Vehicle so that all the methods in Vehicle class could be used by them. You will understand more by reading the question I posted.

[masijade]

codebuzz, on 07 October 2010 - 12:24 PM, said:

macosxnerd101, on 07 October 2010 - 04:19 AM, said:

So what problems or errors are you encountering?

the Vehicle types busses,cars,lorries and bicycles , I need to make them inherit from the super class Vehicle so that all the methods in Vehicle class could be used by them. You will understand more by reading the question I posted.

Okay? Where is your attempt at that? Hint "extends".

[codebuzz]

Jambr, on 07 October 2010 - 04:24 AM, said:

How will this program be tested? As in: Does it have to work for a set number of passengers/vehicles, or does it have to work for multiple sets of numbers of passengers and vehicles?

The ferry has space for 200 passengers and 40 cars. A lorry need as much space as two busses or 8 cars. A car need as much space as 5 bicycles. There are different fees for different vehicles and an extra fee might be added for passengers. Use the following fees:

Passenger without vehicle, 20 $.
Bicycle 40 $ (passenger included).
Car 100 $ + 15 $/passenger. (maximum 4 passengers)
Bus 200 $ + 10 $/ passenger. (maximum 20 passengers)
Lorry 300 $ + 15 $/ passenger. (maximum 2 passengers)
Every type of vehicle (car, bus, lorry, bicycle) will inherit from the class Vehicle. The functionality of the ferry is given by the interface Ferry :

This post has been edited by codebuzz: 07 October 2010 - 06:46 AM

[Brewer]

I read that already, but how will your instructor test that your program works correctly?

[codebuzz]

Jambr, on 07 October 2010 - 04:39 AM, said:

I read that already, but how will your instructor test that your program works correctly?

By using the contract stated in the Interface Class which I have stated above in the question or you can check them within the code tags.

[codebuzz]

Jambr, on 07 October 2010 - 04:39 AM, said:

I read that already, but how will your instructor test that your program works correctly?

By using the contract stated in the Interface Class which I have stated above in the question or you can check them within the code tags.

[Brewer]

I think you are misunderstanding me. I understand that 200 passengers and 40 cars is the maximum amount that the ferry can carry. Will your instructor give you a case where 250 passengers and 48 cars want to get on the ferry? (Or a similar case) And see how your program handles it?

[NeoTifa]

Okay, what do all of these have in common? They're vehicles and they have a certain capacity (number of people who can occupy said vehicle). You would probably make an abstract class or such with at least the capacity mutator methods, a default constructor to set default values for capacity values and such. Try thinking about this first.

(from what I've skimmed, you're still clueless as to how to go about it, so I'm trying to hint at it)

[codebuzz]

Jambr, on 07 October 2010 - 05:59 AM, said:

I think you are misunderstanding me. I understand that 200 passengers and 40 cars is the maximum amount that the ferry can carry. Will your instructor give you a case where 250 passengers and 48 cars want to get on the ferry? (Or a similar case) And see how your program handles it?

The program is to show the functionality of the methods as described in the Ferry class Interface. They want to test us on how to use inheritance in Java that is why the Vehicle types like Busses, Cars,Lorries and Bicycles must inherit from the Class Vehicle. We are not given special case in this regard but the price to carry each vehicle types was written in the question that will determine how many passengers , bicycles,cars,busses and lorries the ferry can carry up to its maximum capacity. Please read the question again to understand me better.