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(AP Java) (Classes and OOP) (05) (Writing Classes and Instance Methods) Combination Lock (FRQ Student)

The document describes a combination lock game where the player tries to guess a 4-letter combination by getting clues after each guess. The CombinationLock class represents the lock and takes the combination in the constructor. Its getClue method takes a guess and returns a 4-character clue string following specific rules: a letter is returned if it matches the combination in the same position, '+' if it's in the combination but different position, and '*' if it's not in the combination at all. The task is to write the CombinationLock class.

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(AP Java) (Classes and OOP) (05) (Writing Classes and Instance Methods) Combination Lock (FRQ Student)

The document describes a combination lock game where the player tries to guess a 4-letter combination by getting clues after each guess. The CombinationLock class represents the lock and takes the combination in the constructor. Its getClue method takes a guess and returns a 4-character clue string following specific rules: a letter is returned if it matches the combination in the same position, '+' if it's in the combination but different position, and '*' if it's not in the combination at all. The task is to write the CombinationLock class.

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AP Java FRQ: Combination Lock Game

Directions: SHOW ALL YOUR WORK. REMEMBER THAT PROGRAM SEGMENTS ARE TO BE
WRITTEN IN Java.

Notes:
● Assume that the classes listed in the Quick Reference have been imported where needed.
● Unless otherwise noted in the question, assume that parameters in method calls are not
null and that methods are called only when their preconditions are satisfied.
● In writing solutions for each question, you may use any of the accessible methods that are
listed in classes defined in that question. Writing significant amounts of code that can be
replaced by a call to one of these methods may not receive full credit.

Consider a game with a combination lock box that has a 4-letter word as the combination. A
player tries to guess the combination by guessing one letter at a time to win a prize inside the
box. The combination only contains 4 lower-case letters and a guess can only contain 4
lower-case letters.

For each round of play, the player is given a clue based on a comparison between the
combination lock and the guess. Each position in the clue contains a character that corresponds
to the letter in the same position in the guess. The following rules determine the characters that
appear in the clue.

If the letter in the guess is... the corresponding character in the clue is

also in the same position in the combination the matching letter


lock.

also in the combination lock, "+"

not in the combination lock, "*"

The CombinationLock class will be used to represent the combination lock in the game. The
combination lock is passed to the constructor. The class contains a method, getClue, that takes
a guess and produces a clue.

For example, suppose the variable comboLock is declared as follows:

CombinationLock comboLock = new CombinationLock("frog");

The following table shows several guesses and hints that would be produced.
Call to getClue String returned

comboLock.getClue("oooo") "++o+"

comboLock.getClue("flip") "f***"

comboLock.getClue("form") "f++*"

comboLock.getClue("frag") "fr*g"

comboLock.getClue("frog") "frog"

Write the complete CombinationLock class, including any required instance variables, its
constructor, and the method getClue, described above.

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