CH-230-A-Assignment 10 Solved

Assignment 10 - Classes, Objects and Methods

a)     Comment out the using namespace std; and then take your time, read and interpret the error messages.

b)    Also remove the Critter:: prefix in one of the methods in Critter.cpp, read and interpret the error message.

Then create a file called explanations.txt. This file should be uploaded together with the other files and should contain your descriptions and interpretations of the errors as well as your comments on potential alternative solutions. You can assume that the input will be valid.

Problem 10.2 The Critter class

Use the previously given files: Critter.h, Critter.cpp and testcritter.cpp. Expand Critter.h by two additional properties of your choice, and corresponding setter and getter methods, then adjust Critter.cpp and testcritter.cpp accordingly.

Also adapt the print() method such that the new properties are printed on the screen as well. You can assume that the input will be valid.

Problem 10.3 A City class
Language: C++
Create a class named City. Assume that a city has a name, a number of inhabitants, a mayor and an area (in km2).

Then create three instances of this class: Bremen, Paris and London. Provide suitable setter and getter methods for each of these properties. The class declaration has to be placed into City.h, the class definition has to be placed into City.cpp and the test program where the instances are created has to be in testcity.cpp.

You can set the needed data from the main() function by initialization or read it from the keyboard.

Add three constructors to the class Critter. Each constructor should also print a simple informational message on the screen such that one can see when and which constructor has been called.

You should be able to create an instance of the Critter class

(1)                 without supplying any properties (which should set the name to ”default_critter”, the height to 5 and the rest to 0),

(2)                 by only supplying a name as parameter (which should set the height to 5 and the rest to 0), and also

(3)                 by supplying name, hunger, boredom and height all as parameters. You should also be able to create an instance of the Critter class without specifying the height. If the height is not supplied, the critter has the default height of 10.

Write a test program which creates four instances of the Critter by using these three different constructors (the last one in two ways). Set their hunger levels to 2 by using appropriate method and/or constructor calls. The critters’ properties should then be printed on the screen. Name the files Critter.h, Critter.cpp and testcritter.cpp.

A game developer crew has decided to rather use a percentage scale (double value between 0.0 and 1.0) to represent the hunger level of a critter. Change the internal structure of the class to reflect this. However, your existing test program should run without any modifications (therefore the public class interface stays the same) and you will need to find a way to convert the current hunger levels from integer values (which are from 0 to 10) to doubles and then from doubles back to integers. Use separate methods for doing this.

Use a simple mapping scheme like 10 is 1.0, 9 is 0.9, 8 is 0.8 ...1 is 0.1, and 0 is 0.0.

Name the files Critter.h, Critter.cpp and testcritter.cpp (must remain unchanged). The implementation for the conversions needs to be put into Critter.cpp and should not be part of the public interface.

The client program testcritter.cpp from the previous problem must remain unchanged.

The hunger levels of the critters should be “internally” at 0.2 (meaning 20%). You can assume that the setting values are always valid.

Next a thirst level (as double value) should be added to the properties of a critter. Add a new constructor that takes five parameters for setting all properties of a critter.

Make also sure that the existing constructors will still work. For the existing constructors, the thirst level should be set to the same level as the hunger level. Your existing testcritter.cpp must still be able to run in its unchanged form. So the already existing constructors need to support the change. Name the files Critter.h, Critter.cpp and testcritter.cpp.

Finally, you should adapt the print method for printing on the screen also the value of the thirst level as a double. The client program testcritter.cpp may contain one additional line, where the constructor taking five parameters is being called.

You can assume that the setting values are always valid.

Problem 10.7 Copy constructor

Based on the source code of copyconstructor.cpp implement the method funcByref(). Change all constructors (including the copy constructor) such that you can clearly see when and which of them is invoked by adding a message which is printed on the screen.

Then in your main() function create at least two objects using the different constructors, call funcByVal(), funcByRef(), and print the results on the screen. Then make sure that the memory occupied by the objects will be released by the end of the program. You can assume that the setting values are always valid.

Problem 10.8 A Complex class                                                                               
Create a class named Complex for storing and managing complex numbers. A complex number has an real part and an imaginary part. The class has to provide a default constructor initializing the properties by 0, another constructor for setting the properties with specific values, a copy constructor and an empty destructor. Provide suitable setter and getter methods for each property and a method for printing the complex number on the screen in its mathematical form (e.g., 1+2i, 3 − 5i). Also provide methods for the conjugation of a complex number, and for adding, subtracting and multiplying two complex numbers. The class declaration has to be placed into Complex.h, the class definition has to be placed into Complex.cpp and the test program where the instances are created has to be in testcomplex.cpp. The test program should create at least two instances of the Complex class, the data for the properties should be read from the keyboard. Then:

a)     the conjugate of the first instance should be determined and printed on the screen;

b)    the sum of the two instances should be determined and printed on the screen;

c)     the difference between the second and first instance should be determined and printed onthe screen;

d)    the multiplication of the two instances should be determined and printed on the screen.

The prototypes of the methods for adding, subtracting and multiplying must have the following form:

Complex Complex::add(Complex); Then the usage will be the following:

Complex c1, c2, c3; ... c3 = c1.add(c2);

 Note: If z = a + bi then z = a − bi. If z1 = a + bi and z2 = c + di then z1+ z2 = (a + c)+(b + d)i, z1 − z2 = (a − c)+(b − d)i and z1 · z2 = (a · c − b · d)+(b · c + a · d)i.

You can assume that the input will be valid.