Java 21 Assignment Instructions

Note: As this is not a UML course, the above diagram is an overview. Also, for those of you for which English is not you first language and/or you are not
familiar with Universities, a Faculty contains several Departments.

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This is a successor to the Java 17 assignment. If you have not done the Java 17 assignment, please do it
before this one, BUT make all classes/interfaces are public – it will make this Java 21 assignment easier.

Refactoring since Java 17 assignment: The fact that this Java 21 assignment uses an unnamed class and an
instance main() method as an entry point, has several implications for the Java 17 implementation:
• The UML University class from the Java 17 assignment no longer exists. The file University.java is
retained but is re-factored to be an unnamed class with an instance main() entry point.
o note that an unnamed class cannot reside in a named package so the “package assignment” in
University.java (from Java 17) must be removed/commented out.
• As the unnamed class is now in an unnamed package, this poses 2 issues when accessing classes in
named packages:
o to access classes in named packages, an unnamed class must import them (or namespace
qualify them). A general import java21.assignment.*; is cleanest.
o in order to import them, the classes (in the named packages) must be public and not package-
private:
▪ as many of the classes/interfaces in the Java 17 assignment were package-private this
requires refactoring – as you can now see in the UML, all of the classes/interfaces
are now public
▪ if you are modifying the Java 17 assignment then you need to create separate files for
each class/interface (as the filename must match the name of the public
class/interface).
▪ the default constructors for these classes will follow the access on the class, so they
will be public
• Given these changes, I took the opportunity to rename the package to “java21.assignment”.
The following instructions will help in coding the assignment:
• University
o this is an unnamed class with an instance main() method
o in the main() method do the following:
• invoke the seqColl() method – see the method for instructions.
• invoke the seqSet() method – see the method for instructions.
• invoke the seqMap() method – see the method for instructions.
• create a LecturerRecord for “Mike Bloggs”; who is 44; works in the software
engineering department in the engineering faculty.
• you will need instances of SoftwareEngineeringDept and EngineeringFaculty
when creating your LecturerRecord.
• invoke the method recordPatterns() passing the reference down. Sample output: As
he is only 44, nothing will be output.
• create a LecturerRecord for “Alan Austin”; who is 64; works in the accounting
department in the business faculty.
• you will need instances of AccountingDept and BusinessFaculty when creating
your LecturerRecord.

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 • invoke the method recordPatterns() passing the reference down. Sample output:

Name: Alan Austin,

Age: 64,
Faculty: Business,
Department: Accounting

• create a LecturerRecord for “Lisa Bloggs”; who is 65; works in the social care
department in the humanities faculty.
• you will need instances of SocialCareDept and HumanitiesFaculty when
creating your LecturerRecord.
• invoke the method recordPatterns() passing the reference down. Sample output:

Name: Lisa Bloggs,

Age: 65,
Faculty: Humanities,
Department: Social Care

o in the seqColl() method do the following:

• create a SequencedCollection typed for LecturerRecord implemented by an ArrayList
• create LecturerRecord‘s for the following staff who all work in the software
engineering department in the engineering faculty:
• the lecturers name is “Jane Bloggs” and she is 24.
• the lecturers name is “Dr. Anne Bloggs” and she is 35.
• the lecturers name is “Joe Bloggs PhD” and he is 54.
• add Jane to the front of the collection
• add Anne to the front of the collection
• add Joe to the end of the collection
• output the collection

[LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Anne Bloggs, age=35, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering], LecturerRecord[name=Jane Bloggs, age=24,
faculty=Engineering, dept=Software Engineering], LecturerRecord[name=Joe Bloggs
PhD, age=54, faculty=Engineering, dept=Software Engineering]]

• retrieve the first element in the collection

getFirst() : LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Anne Bloggs, age=35, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering]

• retrieve the last element in the collection

getLast() : LecturerRecord[name=Joe Bloggs PhD, age=54, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering]

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 • remove the last element from the collection

removeLast() : LecturerRecord[name=Joe Bloggs PhD, age=54, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering]

• output the collection again

[LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Anne Bloggs, age=35, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering], LecturerRecord[name=Jane Bloggs, age=24,
faculty=Engineering, dept=Software Engineering]]

• using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the beginning to the end

LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Anne Bloggs, age=35, faculty=Engineering,

dept=Software Engineering]
LecturerRecord[name=Jane Bloggs, age=24, faculty=Engineering, dept=Software
Engineering]

• using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the end to the beginning

LecturerRecord[name=Jane Bloggs, age=24, faculty=Engineering, dept=Software

Engineering]
LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Anne Bloggs, age=35, faculty=Engineering,
dept=Software Engineering]

o in the seqSet() method do the following:

• create a SequencedSet typed for LecturerRecord implemented by a LinkedHashSet
• create LecturerRecord‘s for the following staff who all work in the accounting
department in the business faculty:
• the lecturers name is “Jane Austin” and she is 24.
• the lecturers name is “Dr. Charlotte Bronte” and she is 35.
• the lecturers name is “Anne Bronte PhD” and she is 54.
• add Jane 3 times to the front of the collection
• add Charlotte to the front of the collection
• add Jane to the end of the collection
• add Anne to the end of the collection
• output the collection

[LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Charlotte Bronte, age=35, faculty=Business,

dept=Accounting], LecturerRecord[name=Jane Austin, age=24, faculty=Business,
dept=Accounting], LecturerRecord[name=Anne Bronte PhD, age=54,
faculty=Business, dept=Accounting]]

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 • retrieve the first element in the collection

getFirst() : LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Charlotte Bronte, age=35, faculty=Business,

dept=Accounting]

• retrieve the last element in the collection

getLast() : LecturerRecord[name=Anne Bronte PhD, age=54, faculty=Business,

dept=Accounting]

• remove the first element from the collection

removeFirst() : LecturerRecord[name=Dr. Charlotte Bronte, age=35,

faculty=Business, dept=Accounting]

• output the collection again

[LecturerRecord[name=Jane Austin, age=24, faculty=Business, dept=Accounting],

LecturerRecord[name=Anne Bronte PhD, age=54, faculty=Business,
dept=Accounting]]

• using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the beginning to the end

LecturerRecord[name=Jane Austin, age=24, faculty=Business, dept=Accounting]

LecturerRecord[name=Anne Bronte PhD, age=54, faculty=Business,
dept=Accounting]

• using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the end to the beginning

LecturerRecord[name=Anne Bronte PhD, age=54, faculty=Business,

dept=Accounting]
LecturerRecord[name=Jane Austin, age=24, faculty=Business, dept=Accounting]

o in the seqMap() method do the following:

• create a SequencedMap whose keys are LecturerRecord’s and whose values are
String’s. Use a LinkedHashMap implementation.
• create LecturerRecord‘s for the following staff who all work in the social care
department in the humanities faculty:
• the lecturers name is “King Lear” and he is 88.
• the lecturers name is “Goneril” and she is 55.
• the lecturers name is “Regan” and she is 50.
• the lecturers name is “Cordelia” and she is 45.
• add Goneril to the front of the collection; she maps to “Eldest”.
• add Regan to the front of the collection; she maps to “Middle”.
• add Cordelia to the end of the collection; she maps to “Youngest”.
• add King Lear to the end of the collection; he maps to “Father”.

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• output the collection

{LecturerRecord[name=Regan, age=50, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social

Care]=Middle, LecturerRecord[name=Goneril, age=55, faculty=Humanities,
dept=Social Care]=Eldest, LecturerRecord[name=Cordelia, age=45,
faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care]=Youngest, LecturerRecord[name=King Lear,
age=88, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care]=Father}

• retrieve the first entry in the collection

firstEntry() : LecturerRecord[name=Regan, age=50, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social

Care]=Middle

• retrieve the last entry in the collection

lastEntry() : LecturerRecord[name=King Lear, age=88, faculty=Humanities,

dept=Social Care]=Father

• remove (poll) the last entry from the collection

pollLastEntry() :LecturerRecord[name=King Lear, age=88, faculty=Humanities,

dept=Social Care]=Father

• output the collection again

{LecturerRecord[name=Regan, age=50, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social

Care]=Middle, LecturerRecord[name=Goneril, age=55, faculty=Humanities,
dept=Social Care]=Eldest, LecturerRecord[name=Cordelia, age=45,
faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care]=Youngest}

• using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the beginning to the end;
output both the keys and values.

LecturerRecord[name=Regan, age=50, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];

Middle
LecturerRecord[name=Goneril, age=55, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];
Eldest
LecturerRecord[name=Cordelia, age=45, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];
Youngest

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 • using an enhanced-for loop, process the collection from the end to the beginning;
output both the keys and values.

LecturerRecord[name=Cordelia, age=45, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];

Youngest
LecturerRecord[name=Goneril, age=55, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];
Eldest
LecturerRecord[name=Regan, age=50, faculty=Humanities, dept=Social Care];
Middle

o in the recordPatterns(Object obj) method do the following:

• algorithm: assuming that the retirement age is 65, calculate the staff that either should
be retired or are reaching retirement age within the next year i.e. age >= 64.
• using a switch expression that returns a String for output in a System.out.println() do
the following:
• using a record pattern in the case label, provide a guard (on the right of the
when clause) that ensures only lecturers that are >= 64 years of age are
selected:
o if the lecturer is >= 64 years of age then using a text block and the
formatted() method, build up a string for output; the string should
contain the name, age, faculty and department of the lecturer.
o yield the string back from the switch expression to the
System.out.println().
• if the case label matches null or no other match can be made (default), return
the empty string “” to the System.out.println(). Do this on one line of code.

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