CR-MesoLabs-Interfaces-FarmerFroilan

Ol' McFroilan Had a Farm

• Objective: To implement a system indicative of a Farm environment
• Purpose: To demonstrate multi-inheritence design issues

Setting the Plot...

• Consider a system in which

  • Eater can eat an Edibleobject.
  • NoiseMaker can makeNoise

  • Animal is a NoiseMaker and Eater

    • Horse is an Animal and Rideable
    • Chicken is an Animal and a Produce which yield an Egg.

  • Rider can mount and dismount a Rideable object.

  • Botanist can plant a Crop in a CropRow.

  • CropRow can store a single row of crop.

  • Field can store many CropRow

  • Vehicle are NoiseMaker and Rideable

    • FarmVehicle can operate on a Farm

      • Tractor is a FarmVehicle which can harvest a Crop.

    • Aircraft are Vehicle which can fly

      • CropDuster is a FarmVehicle and Aircraft which can fertilize a CropRow

  • Produce can yield an Edible object depending on their hasBeenFertilized flag.

    • Crop is a Produce which can yield an Edible object depending on its hasBeenHarvested and hasBeenFertilized flag.
      • CornStalk is a Crop which can yield a EarCorn
      • TomatoPlant is a Crop which can yield a Tomato

  • Person can makeNoise and can eat an Edible object.

  • Farmer is an Eater, a Rider, a Botanist, and a Person.

  • Stable stores many Horse.

  • FarmHouse stores many Person

  • ChickenCoop stores many Chicken

  • Farm stores many Stable, many DogHouse, and a single FarmHouse

• Froilan, a Farmer has a Farm consisting of

  • 1 Field of 5 CropRow.

    • Row 1 has Corn
    • Row 2 has Tomato
    • Row 3 and beyond grows arbitrary vegetation.

  • 15 Chicken across 4 ChickenCoop

  • 10 Horse across 3 Stable.

  • 5 Dog across 2 DogHouse

  • 2 FarmVehicle

  • 1 Aircraft

  • His sister, Froilanda, is a Pilot who uses a CropDuster.

The Plot Thickens...

• Create a separate Test class for each day in the following scenario...

• As a farmer, Froilan must stick to a rigorous agricultural routine.

  • Every morning, Froilan and Froilanda begin their morning by

    • Riding each Horse in each Stable.
    • Feeding each Horse 3 ear of Corn.
    • For breakfast,
      • Froilan eats 1 EarCorn, 2 Tomoato, and 5 Egg.
      • Froilanda eats 2 EarCorn, 1 Tomoato, and 2 Egg.

  • Sunday, Froilan plants 3 different type of Crop in his first, second, and third CropRow.

  • On Monday, his sister, Froilanda uses the CropDuster to fly over the Field and fertilize each of the CropRow

  • On Tuesday, Froilan uses his Tractor to fertilize each Crop in each CropRow.