ITEC $3150$

Homework #$1$

Intermediate Programming Review

Coding standards note: The coding standards are in a document in a D$2$L module titled Coding

Standards. See Grading Criteria for points lost if not followed.

Competencies being graded:

Ability to read from a text file

Ability to use inheritance to create a set of subclasses all inheriting from a common parent class.

Using polymorphism to create and maintain a single list of the subclasses

Use System.out.print!In and Scanner to create a user friendly interface into your program

Ability to read an English language problem description and design a multi class solution in Java

Ability to follow given coding standards$-$ in D$2$L content under Coding Standards.

No static methods are allowed except for main.

Create a program to track the clients of a veterinarian's office. You will need to handle cats, dogs and

other types of pets. All pets have a name, an owner's name, an age and a type $($cat$,$ dog or other$).$ In

addition, dogs have a breed and a color. Cats have an indication of long or short haired, indication of

clawed or declawed, and a color. Other pets have a type $($snake$,$ bird, lizard, hamster, etc$)$ and an

indication whether or not they require special handling.

Your program will begin by reading a text file $($created by you, in a format designed by you$)$ with a

minimum of two pets per type to create a list $($think ArrayList$)$ of the pet clients. That means at a

minimum, two dogs, two cats and two other pets Display the client list in a user friendly format, ask if

the user would like to find or delete a pet by name. When user is done viewing and deleting, save the

changed list back to the original text file $($overwriting it$).$ Extra credit for adding new pet via user

interface in a user friendly manner $($up to $10pts).$

Interface to program may be textual or graphic $($I don't expect graphics yet!$).$ The program must use

inheritance

User interface must be minimally user$-$friendly.

Turn in: All Java files $-$ should be a minimum of $4($four$)$ separate classes. More is fine. Text file

containing your minimum $6$ pets.