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Lab Objectives

To gain experience in

• using objects
• constructing objects and supplying initial values
• using member functions and the dot notation
• modifying and querying the state of an object through its member functions
• writing simple graphics programs containing points, lines, circles and text.
• selecting appropriate coordinate systems
• processing user input and mouse clicks in graphics programs
• developing test cases that validate the correctness of your programs

R1. Constructing Objects

Declaring an object to store information is similar to declaring a variable of numeric data type. For instance

int counter = 60; /* makes an int */
Time  meetingTime = new Time(1998, 4, 1, 12, 0, 0); /* makes a Time object */

Objects are always constructed with a call to new. You specify the type of the object, such as Time, followed by construction parameters such as (1998, 4, 1, 12, 0, 0). You usually store the constructed object in an object variable (here Time meetingTime).

To what values is a Time object set by Time new_time = Time()

Initialize a Time variable to your birthday.

What is the outcome of constructing a Time object with

Time nextMeeting = new Time(Thursday, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0);

What is the outcome of Time nextMeeting = "12/12/1999";

What is the outcome of Time nextMmeeting(1997, 10, 1, 10, 0, 0);

R2. Using Objects

An object's methods are applied to a particular instance of an object type using the dot-notation. For example, timeVar.getSeconds() returns the number of seconds stored in a particular Time object called timeVar. Methods that return stored information when applied to an object are called accessors, those that change the stored information are called mutators.

Given two instances of the Time class, the first day and time of classes in 1997 and 1998

static final float SECONDS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60.0;
. . .
t1 = new Time(1998,9,1,10,15,0)
t2 = new Time(1997,8,31,10,45,0)

What is the result of each of the following:

System.out.println(t1.getMonth() + " / " + t1.getDay());

t2.addSeconds(SECONDS_PER_DAY - 1800);

t2.secondsFrom(t1);

R3. Real Life Objects

A direct and natural comparison can be made between an object and the entity that it represents. For example, here is how you might construct and access objects of a PhoneNumber class:

PhoneNumber p = new PhoneNumber(areacode, prefix, number);
p.getAreacode();
p.getPrefix();
p.getNumber();

Street addresses are another common example. Give a constructor and corresponding accessors for addresses having the following form:

John Smithson
766 N. Park Ave.
New York NY 12345

Graphics Structures

P1. Lines

Write a program that uses three Line objects to draw a triangle, like this:

/* paste program here */

P2. Lines and Circles

Use Circle and Line objects to draw an automobile like this :

/* paste program here */

P3. Moving graphical objects

Generate five circles with center (0,0) and radius 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Use the Circle class's .move(dx, dy) member function to draw the circles all tangent at a common point, like this:

/* paste program here */

Choosing a Coordinate System

P4. Comparing coordinate systems

Given a coordinate system where the upper lefthand corner is (0,0) and the lower righthand corner is (3,3), write a graphics program to draw a stopsign like this:

/* paste program here */

Change the program to display the same stopsign in a coordinate system with upper left = (-1.5, 1.5) and lower-right = (1.5, -1.5).

/* paste program here */

Which coordinate system was easier for you to work with? Why?

P5. Zooming out

Modify the Phoenix.java program of the textbook to display the points in a zoomed-out coordinate system, that is, the curve should look as though it is being viewed from a greater distance, but still be centered, like this:

import ccj.*;

public class Phoenix extends GraphicsApplet
{  public void run()
   {  setCoord(1, 33, 12, 11);
      new Point(1, 11).draw();
      new Point(2, 13).draw();
      new Point(3, 16).draw();
      new Point(4, 20).draw();
      new Point(5, 25).draw();
      new Point(6, 31).draw();
      new Point(7, 33).draw();
      new Point(8, 32).draw();
      new Point(9, 29).draw();
      new Point(10, 23).draw();
      new Point(11, 16).draw();
      new Point(12, 12).draw();
   }
}

/* paste program here */

P6. Getting Input from the Graphics Window

Write a program that 1) gets two mouseclick points from the user 2) draws a rectangle with the coordinates of the clicks as upper-left and lower-right corners, 3) prompts for the user's name and 4) draws the name inside the rectangle.

P7. Comparing Visual and Numerical Information

On a Cartesian coordinate plane with upper-left = (-10,10) and lower-right = (10, -10), write a program that 1) draws the coordinate axes, 2) gets and plots 2 user mouse clicks and their coordinates, 3) plots the line between them, and 4) calculates and plots the y-intercept of the line and its coordinates, like this:

/* paste program here */

Verify the appearance of the Y-intercept by calculating its value by hand. Show your work here.

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