Software Requirements Specification

Programming Assignment 5 - OPTIONAL

Voting Booth

Due No Later Than Thursday, Dec 16 by noon

Introduction

Purpose: This application will simulate a simple voting booth. This PA is optional and may take the place of a bad grade in PAs 1-4. It may not substitute for PA6.

• Create a class which can be used by other classes.
• Use that class in an application.
• Do everything necessary to implement, compile, execute and debug a Java program.
• Conform to the style guide for this class.
  

• Successfully submit to the submission system no later than noon on Thursday Dec 16.
• Bring the hardcopy to the instructor's office no later than 5pm on Thursday Dec 16.
• There is no late penalty. No late submissions will be accepted.
  

Prerequisites

Starter files

Vote.java - Changes you must make in this file.

1. Create four private attributes.  You should not add any other attributes to this file.
   • int allen
   • int webb
   • int other
   • String voteGetters
2. Create a constructor that initializes each of the attributes.
   
3. Create a public mutator method, voteAllen, which takes in no parameters and returns nothing.
   • this method should increment the allen attribute by one.
4. Create a public mutator method, voteWebb, which takes in no parameters and returns nothing.
   • this method should increment the webb attribute by one.
5. Create a public mutator method, voteOther, which takes in a String parameter and returns nothing.
   • this method should increment the other attribute by one.
   • this method should also concatenate the parameter value to the end of the voteGetters attribute. If this is the first other vote, simply assign it to the String attribute. If this is the second or higher voteGetter, place a comma and space in front of the passed value (ie. Smith, Jones).
   • Must check the String to determine if this is a new name or an existing name. Only add the name if it does not already exist. (Note: A name must match exactly by case. And it can only contain the matched letters. So, if Smith were passed and the name Smithland occurs, you should still add Smith.)
   • If you wish to use an array of String instead of a single String attribute, you may do so. However, you will need to change the toString method to process the array and produce the exact same output as it did before.
     
6. Create a public accessor method, toString, which takes in no parameters and returns a String - NOTE, this is already be built in your template.
   • this method will display each candidate (Allen, Webb, then Other) on a new line followed by a space followed by their vote total.
   • for the other candidates, if there are no "other" votes display the vote total followed by a newline character..
   • for the other candidates, if there are "other" votes, display the vote total followed by two newline characters (leave a blank line) then display the voteGetters. See example below.
     

       Allen: 3
       Webb: 4
       Other: 2
   
       Mickey Mouse, James Madison
   

VotingBooth.java

1. Declare your Vote object and any other variables you need.
2. Instantiate your Vote object.
3. Create a prompt using the String, "Enter a for Allen, w for Webb, o for other, x to exit: "
4. Read in the value entered.
5. Output the newline character after reading in the value.
6. If an x is entered, output a newline character, then display the results ov the election(call the Vote object's toString method) and terminate the program.
7. For all other values, do the following:

   a - call the voteAllen method using your Vote object.
   w - call the voteWebb method using your Vote object.
   o - Prompt for the name of the "write-in" candidate, using the String, "Enter the name: ". Read that value and pass it to the voteOther method using your Vote object.
   anything other than x, a, w, o - reenter the prompt and reread the result.
   

8. Reprompt for the vote and read in the corresponding entry.
9. NOTE: There should only be one blank line when run interactively between the prompts.