This console based app will ask the user how many products they would like to enter (this will be the capacity of the Primitive Array). When prompted, they will input the details for each of the products. When finished the data entry, the product details will be printed on the console.
During this step, you may need to view this weeks lecture notes to remind you how to use Arrays.
In IntelliJ, create a new Java Project called ShopV2.0.
Copy the Product and Driver classes from ShopV1.0 and paste them into ShopV2.0. Note: solution to ShopV1.0 is here.
Create a new class in the ShopV2.0 project called Store.
Your folder structure should look like this:
There are no changes required in this class.
In the Store class, create two private instance fields:
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products as an array of Products
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total as an int representing the number of products currently in the array and also the next available index number in the array. Initialise it to 0 at declaration time.
Write a constructor for this class that takes one parameter (numberItems). This parameter will be used to set the size of the array of Products.
Write a private method called isFull that takes no parameters. This method should return true if the value of the total field is equal to the length of the products array, false otherwise.
Write a private method called isEmpty that takes no parameters. This method should return true if the value of the total field is zero, false otherwise.
Write an add method that takes one parameter (an Object of type Product) and returns a boolean value.
This method tests the boolean value returned from the isFull() method. If isFull() returns:
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true then the add method should return a value of false i.e. the array is full, so we could not add a product.
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false, then add the product object that was passed as a parameter to the products array using the total field as the index location. Increment the total field by 1. Return true, indicating that the product was successfully added to the array.
Write a listProducts method that takes no parameter and returns a String value. This method tests the boolean value returned from the isEmpty() method. If isEmpty() returns :
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true i.e. no products have been added, return the text “No products”.
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false, use a for loop to cycle over the elements in the array, building a String of all products. Return this string.
We will refactor this class to remove the Product instance field and replace it with an object of type Store. We will also cater for entering and printing multiple products. To do this:
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Delete the Product instance field and include a Store instance field instead.
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Create a new method called processOrder that takes no parameters and has a void return type. In this method, type in the following code:
private void processOrder(){
//find out from the user how many products they would like to order
System.out.print("How many Products would you like to have in your Store? ");
int numberProducts = input.nextInt();
store = new Store(numberProducts);
//ask the user for the details of the products and add them to the order
for (int i = 0; i < numberProducts; i++){
addProduct();
}
}
- In your existing
addProduct() method, change your code so that it looks like this(first and last lines were changed):
private void addProduct(){
input.nextLine(); //dummy read of String to clear the buffer - bug in Scanner class.
System.out.print("Enter the Product Name: ");
String productName = input.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter the Product Code: ");
int productCode = input.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter the Unit Cost: ");
double unitCost = input.nextDouble();
//Ask the user to type in either a Y or an N. This is then
//converted to either a True or a False (i.e. a boolean value).
System.out.print("Is this product in your current line (y/n): ");
char currentProduct = input.next().charAt(0);
boolean inCurrentProductLine = false;
if ((currentProduct == 'y') || (currentProduct == 'Y'))
inCurrentProductLine = true;
boolean isAdded = store.add(new Product(productName, productCode, unitCost, inCurrentProductLine));
if (isAdded){
System.out.println("Product Added Successfully");
}
else{
System.out.println("No Product Added");
}
}
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Note: there is a bug in Scanner. When you read an int and then do a String read, Scanner ignores the String read. For this reason, you need to put in a “dummy” read of a String (i.e. input.nextLine() as the first line of code in the method).
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In your printProduct() method, change the line of code to be:
System.out.println(store.listProducts());
- In the
main method, replace this line of code:
driver.addProduct();
with:
driver.processOrder();
Run the app; does all work as expected?
- Are you asked how many products you would like to enter?
- Can you enter details for each product?
- When finished the data entry, are the product details printed to the console?
