HW04: Movie Container due Mon 12 Feb 10:00

Allowed and Disallowed Resources

• The Java Command Sheets handed out in class (and also available here: https://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/commandsheets/).
• Examples and sample code found here: https://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/p2/source/. NOTE: The same examples can be cloned from this repository: https://tsergeant@bitbucket.org/tsergeant/p2_examples.git
• A Java compiler with or without an IDE. The text editor you use can provide syntax highlighting, but must not generate code.
• Video instructions provided in Canvas as part of this course. You MAY NOT USE any other video resources.
• The course notes that accompany the video instructions which can be found here: https://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/p2/coursenotes.php
• The official Java Documentation found here: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/
• Any handouts provided by the instructor as part of this course.
• Your own course notes
• Your instructor
• Discussions about the assignment with other students as long as you never look at the code produced by another student and you never receive instructions about solving the homework. That is, discussions need to be about concepts and understanding the technologies and not about how to solve the particular problem posed in this assignment.

You may NOT use/access:

• Resources not expressly listed above, including, but not limited to, the following ...
• Source code not provided as part of this assignment. (Obviously, this includes, but is not limited to, source code written by other students whether current or in the past).
• Code-generating tools (of which ChatGPT is one example).
• Any web sites not directly linked to from the homework assignment.

Failure to abide by these guidelines will result in a zero for the assignment and the incident will be reported to the university provost as a violation of the university academic integrity policy. A second incident of academic dishonesty (whether from this course or another computer science course) will result in an F in the course.

Instructions

Continue your work in the hw04 directory. Make the necessary modifications the MovieContainer class so that all the code conforms to a pure object model implementation of the UML diagram in the lab day assignment.

IMPORTANT: When this assignment is finished the program will not be functioning as it did in the previous homework assignment. At the end of this assignment you will not be involving the user for accepting input. Rather you will have a container with methods you will test by calling those methods in the driver.

Use this pattern as you work:

1. Choose a method in the MovieContainer class you want to implement next.
2. Implement the method.
3. Test the method in the driver by calling it in a variety of ways. Keep in mind that while you are working on implementing the MovieContainer you are not concerned with the details of the larger program. For example, there is no menu or user interaction at this point. This is a good thing because it allows us to focus on the underlying functionality of the container without having to think about how it will be used in the future. NOTE: Most students tend to spend less time in this step than they should.
4. Make sure the documentation and indentation of your method conforms to the provided Java Programming Conventions.
5. Commit your work. If you have some methods that only took a few minutes to complete you may wait and commit two or three of them at a time. REMEMBER: Committing often gives you more snapshots of the code that you can revert back to if something goes awry.
6. Go to step 1.

As always, when the program is complete make sure all work is committed and pushed to your bitbucket repository.

Grading

Your program should be completely working and should follow all of the programming conventions named in class and explained in http://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/javaconventions/ (including the use of comments that conform to the JavaDoc guidelines).

The instructor will grade your work based on what you have pushed to the hosted homework repository you have shared. For all assignments the program is due before the beginning of class on the due date. Repositories that show a commit time after that time will be graded as late.