Lab 1-2: a Robot - Classes and Objects Project

See part C of this page for the window counting robot.

We can identify three classes here: Room, Window, and Bot. The suggested specs for each class are below, but feel free to make your own version.

1. Room:

private int height; // vertical measurement

private int width; // horizontal measurement

Room(int height, int width) { // constructor details to be filled}

public int getHeight();

public int getWidth();

2. Window:

private int locationX; // upper left corner is (0,0)

private int locationY; // upper left corner is (0,0)

Window( int x, int y){ // constructor details to be filled}

/* Install a window randomly on a wall, based on the room dimension of course

* Window size = 1, but since windows are randomly put, there is a chance they may be next

* to each other. In this case, they are counted individually. Similarly, windows wrapping

* around a corner are counted individually too. (You are challenged to provide a method to

* "merge" these windows as one) */

private void windowInstallation()

3. Bot:

private int id;

private int initialX;

private int initialY;

private int initialOrientation; // feel free to use different types

// constructor details to be filled, feel free to implement multiple as you see necessary

Bot(){ }

private move() {details to be filled} // move forward ONLY

private turn() {details to be filled} // turn to change orientations

private sense() {details to be filled} // sense

/* method below should return the total windows found by "this Bot"

* this method may call the three "helper" methods above to finish counting

* the three methods above are declared as private cause they should only be called

* internally by this method */

public int windowHunting() {details to be filled}

4. Tester:

1) Ask the user to specify room dimensions as input, construct a room accordingly;

2) Generate a random number of windows, and install them randomly on each wall; Of course the larger the room, the more windows you may install, but the total windows should be limited by the room sizes;

3) Print out the room layout with windows installed;

4) Ask the user to specify the location and orientation of the bot (see legends below);

5) Construct the bot accordingly, (optionally) print out the room again with the bot;

6) Print out the moving path of the bot in order to count all windows, the total windows found, and the number of windows on each wall.

5. Legends:

1) Use "[ ]" for one floor unit, use "++" for one window. Use "vv" (letter v) for one downward bot, "^^" for the upward bot, "<<" and ">>" for the side facing bot accordingly. When the bot turns, the symbol should update accordingly.

2) We use two letters for each "unit" to assure the output is a square instead of a rectangle. See my sample below.