Java Programming COMP-228

Centennial College

COMP 228: Java Programming

LAB #3 – Using Inheritance and Polymorphism

Student: ______________________________________________________________________

Due Date: Week 7.

Purpose: The purpose of this Lab assignment is to:
 Practice the use of Inheritance
 Practice the use of Polymorphism.

References: Learning materials for weeks 5 and 6, textbook, and other references (if any)

Be sure to read the following general instructions carefully:

This lab should be completed individually by all the students.

YOU NEED TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING 2 DOCUMENTS IN THE DROPBOX TITLED

LAB3:
1. THE FIRST ONE IS A WORD DOCUMENT. USE THIS DOCUMENT AND ADD
SCREEN SHOTS OF THE RUNNING STATE OF EACH EXERCISE (If there are more than 1
exercise). DO NOT DELETE THE QUESTIONS. THE SCREEN SHOTS SHOULD FOLLOW
EACH QUESTION AND COVER ALL THE ASPECTS/FUNCTIONALITIES OF EACH
EXERCISE. AFTER THE SCREEN SHOTS PLEASE COPY THE CODE FROM THE CODE
WINDOW AND PASTE THE COMPLETE CODE. DO NOT GIVE ME SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE CODE. DO NOT ZIP THIS FILE AND KEEP IT SEPARATE FROM YOUR ZIPPED
PROGAM FILE.
2. SUBMIT ALSO ONE ZIPPED PROJECT FILE THAT CONTAINS ALL THE
EXERISES SEPARATELY INTO THE SAME DROP BOX.

This material provides the necessary information you need to complete the exercises.

You must name your Eclipse project according to the following rule:

YourFullName_COMP228Labnumber
Example: JohSmith_COMP228Lab3

Each exercise should be placed in a separate package named exercise1, exercise2, etc.

Submit your assignment in a zip file that is named according to the following rule:
YourLastName_COMP228Labnumber.zip
Example: JohSmith_COMP228Lab3.zip

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Apply the naming conventions for variables, methods, classes, and packages:
- variable names start with a lowercase character
- classes start with an uppercase character
- packages use only lowercase characters
- methods start with a lowercase character

Exercise 1

Write a Java application that implements different types of insurance policies for employees of
an organization.

Let Insurance be an abstract superclass and Health and Life two of its subclasses that describe
respectively health insurance and life insurance.

The Insurance class defines an instance variable of type String to describe the type of
insurance and an instance variable of type double to hold the monthly cost of that insurance.

Implement the get methods for both variables of class Insurance. Declare also two abstract
methods named setInsuranceCost() and displayInfo() for this class.

The Life and Health class should implement setInsuranceCost and display methods by setting
the appropriate monthly fee and display the information for each insurance type.

Write a driver class to test this hierarchy. This application should ask the user to enter the type of
insurance and its monthly fee. Then, will create the appropriate object (Life or Health) and
display the insurance information.

As you create each insurance object, place an Insurance reference to each new Insurance object
into an array. Each class has its own setInsuranceCost method. Write a polymorphic screen
manager that walks through the array sending setInsuranceCost messages to each object in the
array and displaying this information on the screen.

(3
marks)

Exercise #2:

Create an abstract class called GameTester. The GameTester class includes a name for the game
tester and a boolean value representing the status (full-time, part-time).

Include an abstract method to determine the salary, with full-time game testers getting a base
salary of $3000 and part-time game testers getting $20 per hour.
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Create two subclasses called FullTimeGameTester, PartTimeGameTester. Create a console

application that demonstrates how to create objects of both subclasses. Allow the user to choose
game tester type and enter the number of hours for the part-time testers.
(3 marks)

Exercise #3:

CityToronto bank provides mortgages for individuals and businesses up to $300,000. Write a
Java application that keeps track of mortgages and computes the total amount owed at any time
(mortgage amount + interest).

Design the following classes to implement your application:

Mortgage – an abstract class that implements the MortgageConstants interface. A Mortgage

includes a mortgage number, customer name, amount of mortgage, interest rate, and term.

Don’t allow mortgage amounts over $300,000. Force any mortgage term that is not defined in
the MortgageConstants interface to a short-term, one year loan. Create a getMortgageInfo
method to display all the mortgage data.

MortgageConstants – includes constant values for short-term (one year), medium-term (three
years) and long-term (5 years) mortgages. It also contains constants for bank name and the
maximum mortgage amount.

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BusinessMortgage – extends Mortgage. Its constructor sets the interest rate to 1% over the
current prime rate.
PersonalMortgage - extends Mortgage. Its constructor sets the interest rate to 2% over the
current prime rate.
ProcessMortgage – a main class that create an array of 3 mortgages. Prompt the user for the
current interest rate. Then in a loop prompts the user for a mortgage type and all relevant
information for that mortgage. Store the created Mortgage objects in the array. When data entry
is complete, display all mortgages.
(4 marks)

Evaluation:
Functionality
Correct implementation of classes 40%
(instance variable declarations,
constructors, getter and setter methods,
etc.)
Correct implementation of driver 40%
classes (declaring and creating objects,
calling their methods, interacting with
user, displaying results)
Comments, correct naming of 5%
variables, methods, classes, etc.
Friendly input/output 15%
Total 100%

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