Assignment 2: Get Classy

Assignment Self Assessment:

Reflection

Self Assessment

Part 1:

• The program runs with no errors.
• The Person class includes all the fields and methods specified above.
• Usage of the Calendar object to calculate age in the getAge method.
• The program properly instantiates objects using the class constructor.
• The program properly stores the Objects in an ArrayList.
• Proper usage of Git and GitHub (frequent commits, explanatory commit messages)

Part 2:

• The program runs with no errors.
• The program properly uses the JFileChooser.
• The program properly instantiates objects using the class constructor.
• The program properly stores the Objects in an ArrayList.
• The program output is formatted properly.
• Proper usage of Git and GitHub (frequent commits, explanatory commit messages)

Your Grade: /20

Notes:

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Lab Goals

1. Practice creating classes and instantiating objects.
2. Instantiate object using data from a text file.
3. Persist Object data to a text file.
4. Store and Manipulate class objects with an ArrayList

Final Result:

You will be submitting a git repository with the following naming convention, 2-get-classy-<your-github-username>, (i.e., 2-get-classy-Ygilany). The repository contains:

1. one Java Project with the following files:
2. Person.java (a class to represent a person object)
3. PersonGenerator.java (has a main method)
4. PersonReader.java (has a main method)
5. SafeInput.java (The source file is available with the assignment instructions)
6. The output text file from the PersonGenerator program.
7. a modified README.md file that includes your self-assessment

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Part 1: Writing to a text file:

1. Create a Person.java class to represent a Person Object.

Person
Fields
	String ID;
	String firstName;
	String lastName;
	String title;	Mr., Mrs., Ms., Prof., Dr., Hon., ...
	int YOB;	- Year of Birth - Range should be 1940-2010 - make sure validations happen in the constructor as well as the setter method.
Methods
	Constructor
	Getters and Setters
	public String fullName()	returns a concatenation of the first and last names
	public String formalName()	returns a concatenation of the title and the full name
	public static int getAge(int year)	- A static method that takes a year and returns an age. - Use the Calendar Object (Requires a bit of web search)
	public String toCSVDataRecord()	- returns a comma separated value (csv) String suitable to writing to a java text file. - Make sure to use this function when saving data to the file. - (i.e., 0001,John, Doe,Mr., 2000)

2. Create a program (Java main class) called PersonGenerator.java.

• a user will input the data to the console.
• a Person object is created for each entry.
• Store all the Person objects in an ArrayList<Person>
• Export all the Person objects to a text file using the toCSVDataRecord() method

Grading

• The program runs with no errors.
• The Person class includes all the fields and methods specified above.
• Usage of the Calendar object to calculate age in the getAge method.
• The program properly instantiates objects using the class constructor.
• The program properly stores the Objects in an ArrayList.
• Proper usage of Git and GitHub (frequent commits, explanatory commit messages)

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Part 2: Person Reader:

1. Create a program (Java main class) called PersonReader.java.

• Use the JFileChooser to prompt the user to select the file you export in Part 1.
• Instantiate a Person Object for each record you read from the file.
• Store all the Person Objects in an ArrayList<Person>.
• Use the String.format or System.out.printf method to create a neatly formatted columnar display of the data.

ID    Firstname    Lastname   Title    YOB
==================================================
0001  John         Doe        Mr.      1990
0002  Jane         Doe        Mrs.     1993

Grading

• The program runs with no errors.
• The program properly uses the JFileChooser.
• The program properly instantiates objects using the class constructor.
• The program properly stores the Objects in an ArrayList.
• The program output is formatted properly.
• Proper usage of Git and GitHub (frequent commits, explanatory commit messages)

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