312-174

Lab 7

Spring 2000

Due (PreLab, bridge): Monday, 13 Mar 2000, beginning of class.

Due (In-Lab/PostLab): No in-lab this week.

Goals:

1. Create an dynamic implementation of Lists.

2. Review pointers.

Requirements.

1. Complete prelab 7 and the bridge exercise from the Data Structures in C++ lab manual by Roberge. You may work in pairs for the PreLab and bridge.

   Turn in your completed pages 129 and 131 in class on Monday. Place all the files that I need to run your solution into a folder labeled with your last name(s) and drag it into the appropriate prelab folder in the Turn-In folder on Nova. If I cannot open your folder, double click on your project file, and run your solution (or at least look at it in C++ builder if you haven't completed it), you will not get credit for handing it in.

2. There is no in-lab or post-lab exercise this week.

Late prelabs, and bridges will be penalized as described in the study guide.

All results must be put into the appropriate lab folder on the cs174jb nova account.

All prelabs must have a heading identifying the people who worked on the project. Programs must also contain appropriate comments and headings. Make sure that your code is commented and formatted appropriately. See the style sheets.

Additional requirements:

1. I'm still trying to get the "Node" class to use private data members. See the Hints section for how we're going to try to do this for lab 7. You have to rewrite the code for the showStructure function to get this to work.

2. You will also have to add four public functions to the ListNode class. The file ListLnk-V2.h has the ListNode declarations. You must provide the implementation for the member functions. The body of each of these should be no more than 1 or 2 lines.

3. Expand your test plan to test both characters and the String class that you developed in lab 2.

4. You must include pre and post conditions in every member function that you write (both preLab and Lab). These must be as specific as possible.

5. Your code must be commented and appropriately formatted. Code in any block (ie in any set of braces) must be indented at least 3 spaces.

6. Your member functions must check for any requirements (preconditions) that are part of the ADT structure. If the requirements are not met by the parameters, the member functions must provide a proper response.

7. Place only your last names on the folder that you turn in. Make sure that the prelab is placed in the prelab folder on Nova and the lab is placed in the lab folder on Nova.

8. Written answers must be legible. If I can't read an answer, I will mark it wrong. Print or type if you must.

Hints:

• Important Note!!! The List and ListNode classes reference each other (a List contains a ListNode and a ListNode names a List as a friend). A compiler will have problems with this circular reference. The correct way to get around this problem is to prototype the List class before the ListNode class is declared. Unfortunately, both classes are templated and Builder C++ does not allow forward references of templated classes. This is not a C++ problem, it's a Builder problem.

  There are several ways to resolve this problem. We will solve this problem by adding public accessor and transformer functions to the ListNode. getEle() will returns the element stored in the ListNode, getPtr() will return the pointer stored in the node and setEle and setPtr will change the element and pointer values stored in the node. We can then eliminate the friend line. The result is:

  template 
  class ListNode
  {
  	public:
  		
  			// Constructor
  			ListNode ( const LE &elem, ListNode *nextPtr );
  			
  			// Get the element stored
  			LE getEle();
  			
  			// Get the pointer stored
  			ListNode *getPtr();
  			
  			// gives the node a new element
  			void setEle(const LE &elem);  
  	
  			// gives the node a new next pointer
  			void setPtr(ListNode *newPtr);  
  						
  	private:
  			// Data Members
  			LE element;			// List element
  			ListNode *next;	// Pointer to the next element
  			
  };
  

• Unfortunately, when you make this change, you must also change the showStructure() function defined in the code that you were given. You must rewrite this function to work with your list. You can iterate through the List using the iterator member functions of the list and print out the stored value using the member function getCursor( )

• Remember that you must allocate storage explicitly (by using new) before you can reference a value using a pointer variable.

• Remember that an insert operation will require the dynamic creation of a new ListNode element.

• Remember to delete an element if you remove it or when you run clear(). You will lose points for memory leaks!

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