Course Code Course Title L T P C
BACSE102 Problem Solving using Java 0 0 4 2
Pre-requisite Nil Syllabus Version
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Course Objectives
To introduce the fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming using the Java
language, including data types, control structures, and basic programming constructs
To enable students to design and implement Java programs utilizing classes, objects,
inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces to build modular and reusable code
To equip students with a comprehensive understanding of Java's exception handling
and multithreading capabilities. Java's File Object, input/output (I/O) streams and to
equip students with the skills to leverage generic programming and the Java Collection
Framework with Databases
Course Outcomes
Develop basic Java programs utilizing fundamental programming constructs, object-
oriented principles such as classes, objects, inheritance, and polymorphism
Implement robust and efficient Java applications by applying exception handling
techniques, managing concurrent execution using threads, and performing file
input/output operations.
Utilize the Java Collection Framework, including Lists and Maps, along with generic
programming concepts to effectively manage and manipulate data within Java
applications.
Indicative Experiments
1.
a. Calculating Interest for Financing Options, Bobby is a financial analyst
working for a construction company. He is tasked with evaluating two
financing options for funding a new construction project. Each option
involves different principal amounts and annual interest rates. Write a
program for him that takes the principal amounts and interest rates for
both financing options as input and calculates the respective interests for
2 hours
the financial options.
Note: Multiply the principal amount by the annual interest rate and then
divide by 100 to find the total interest paid
b. Three-Digit Number Analysis: Sum of Digits and Parity Check. Alex is
teaching a class on number properties and wants to create an exercise
for his students. He needs a program that takes a three-digit number as
input, calculates the sum of its digits, and determines whether the sum is
even or odd. Write a program to assist Alex in this task.
c. Generating Prime Numbers Within a Specified Range. Arun is tasked
with creating a program that prints prime numbers within a given range.
The program should take two integers, start and end, as input, and output
the prime numbers between these two values (inclusive). Help Arun to
complete the task using a 'for' loop.
2.
[Link] Total Distance from Merged Daily Step Counts
You are given the number of steps a person takes on two consecutive
days. Your task is to merge the step counts from both days and calculate
the total distance the person covers, assuming that each step covers a
fixed distance of 1 unit. Write a program that takes the step counts for
the two days as input, merges them, calculates the total distance covered
and outputs the result. 2 hours
b. Identifying and Locating Prime Numbers in a 2D Grid
Yashna is creating a program to analyse a 2D grid, identifying prime
numbers and printing their coordinates. The input consists of the grid's
dimensions and elements. The program's output displays the coordinates
of each prime number found in the grid, aiding in the exploration of
numerical patterns. Can you assist Yashna in creating the program?
3.
a. Designing a Rectangle Class to Calculate Area and Perimeter. Arun
wants to design a program using a class that calculates and prints both
the area and perimeter of a rectangle. Define a class named Rectangle
to encapsulate the properties and behaviour related to a rectangle.
Include two integer variables length and breadth to represent the
dimensions of the rectangle. Calculate and print the area and perimeter
of the rectangle. Help Arun to design the program
[Link] an ArrayConcatenator Class for Merging [Link]
Roshni to complete the program. Input Format
2 hours
The first line of input consists of an integer N, representing the number of
elements of the first Roshni is tasked with developing a program for
concatenating two arrays provided by the user. To accomplish this, she
wants to create a class named ArrayConcatenator. The class includes a
constructor to concatenate the elements of the input arrays. She wants to
print the elements of the resulting array. The second line consists of N
space-separated integers representing the first array elements. The third
line consists of an integer M, representing the number of elements of the
second array. The fourth line consists of M space-separated integers,
representing the second array elements.
Output Format:
The output prints the concatenated array of elements separated by space.
Refer to the sample output for the formatting specifications.
Constraints:
In this scenario, the test cases fall under the following constraints
1 ≤ N, M ≤ 10
1 ≤ array elements ≤ 100
4.
a. Calculating Employee Bonuses Using Hierarchical Inheritance
Shasha, an HR manager in a multinational corporation, requires a
program to compute bonuses for developers and designers using
hierarchical inheritance. Three classes: Employee with a base salary
attribute; Developer and Designer extending Employee, each with a
bonus percentage, work hours, and methods to calculate and display the
final income. Shasha inputs the base salary and work hours for a
developer and a designer, and the program outputs their respective final
incomes.
Note: For developers, the bonus percentage is 10%, for designers, it is
5%
Formula: Final income = Base salary + (base salary * bonus percentage 2 hours
* work hours / 100)
[Link] a Fantasy Game Character [Link] is tasked with
designing a fantasy game character system. The system includes an
abstract class named GameCharacter with two abstract methods: attack()
and defend().Two subclasses, Warrior and Wizard, extend the
GameCharacter [Link] program prompts the player to choose a
character class (1. Warrior, 2. Wizard) and input their character's strength
or magic power. The dynamic calculations involve tripling the strength
(strength * 3) for the Warrior's attack and doubling the magic power(power
* 2) for the Wizard's attack. Jessica needs your help in completing the
program. Help her finish it.
5.
a. Designing a Washing Machine Control System. Alex and Bob are
designing a control system for household appliances, and one of the
appliances is a washing machine. You want to create a program to help
them that models the washing machine as a motor and calculates its
electricity consumption based on its capacity.
Define an interface named Motor with the following methods: 2 hours
void run()
double consume(double capacity)
Create a class called WashingMachine that implements the Motor
interface.
In the WashingMachine class:
Implement the run() method to print "Washing machine is running."
Implement a consume() method to print "Washing machine is consuming
electricity."
Implement the consume(double capacity) method to calculate the
electricity consumption (in kWh) of the washing machine based on its
capacity. The formula for electricity consumption is (capacity * 0.05).
b. Unique Character [Link] needs to implement a program
using the [Link] package to process a given string. The goal is to
create a program that extracts and displays a new string containing only
the unique characters from the provided input string. Ashok should
efficiently use the [Link] class and display the output.
Help him to complete the program.
6.
a. Validating Student Grade Input with Multi-Catch Exception Handling.
Sampad wants to implement a program that takes input for a student's
name and grade, validates the input, and then displays the grade for the
given student. The grade should be an integer value.
The program should validate the grade using the validateGrade() method.
The method should throw an IllegalArgumentException if the grade is less
than 0 or greater than 100.
If the input is invalid due to a non-integer grade, catch the
NumberFormatException and print the built-in exception message.
If the input is invalid due to an out-of-range grade, catch the
IllegalArgumentException and print the built-in exception message.
Catch the exceptions using the multi-catch block. 2 hours
Assist Sampad to implement this program.
b. Implementing Custom Exceptions for Time Input [Link] is
tasked with creating a program that validates user input for time values
(hours, minutes, and seconds). The program should check whether the
input values are within the valid range. If any value falls outside the valid
range, a custom exception, InvalidHourException,
InvalidMinuteException, or InvalidSecondException, should be thrown,
indicating which part of the time (hours, minutes, or seconds) is invalid.
If no exceptions occur, print "Correct Time - " followed by the time in the
format "hours:minutes:seconds."
7.
Synchronizing Producer and Consumer Threads with a Shared Message
Buffer.A shared resource, a message buffer, needs to be managed by
two threads: a Producer and a Consumer. The Producer thread will 2 hours
generate messages and place them into the buffer. The Consumer thread
will retrieve and process messages from the buffer. To ensure proper
synchronization and avoid issues like the Consumer trying to read from
an empty buffer or the Producer overwriting a message before it's
consumed, you need to implement inter-thread communication using
wait(), notify(), and synchronized blocks. Create a MessageBuffer class
that holds a single message. The Producer thread will put a message into
this buffer, and the Consumer thread will take a message from it.
Implement the necessary synchronization mechanisms so that: The
Consumer waits if the buffer is [Link] Producer waits if the buffer is
full (i.e., already contains a message that hasn't been consumed).The
Producer notifies the Consumer when a new message is [Link]
Consumer notifies the Producer after consuming a message, indicating
the buffer is now [Link] a Producer class that generates a sequence
of messages (e.g., "Message 1", "Message 2", etc.) and puts them into
the [Link] a Consumer class that retrieves and prints the
messages from the [Link] a Main class to instantiate the
MessageBuffer, a Producer thread, and a Consumer thread, and then
start both threads.
8.
Calculating Final Prices with Tax: File Input and [Link] is managing
her expenses and wants to calculate the final prices after applying a 10%
tax to her purchases. She has a list of item prices that she wants to
process. Create a file named [Link] and write the entered item prices
to this file. Then, the program should read from [Link], apply a 10%
tax to each item, write the taxed amounts to a file named [Link], and
display the taxed amounts. Input Format: The first line of input consists of 2 hours
an integer N, representing the number of items Ella wants to [Link]
second line consists of N space-separated double values, representing
the price of an [Link] Format:The output displays a double value,
representing the taxed amounts, each with two decimal places, separated
by a [Link] to the sample output for formatting
[Link]: this scenario, the test cases fall under the
following constraints:1 ≤ N ≤ 10.
9.
Basic Sentiment Analysis: Classifying Sentences from File Input.
Mr. Styles is working on a sentiment analysis program to understand
the sentiments conveyed in various sentences. he needs your assistance
in developing a program that analyzes the sentiment of a given sentence
and classifies it as positive, negative, or neutral.
positive keywords = happy, good, excellent, positive.
2 hours
negative keywords = sad, bad, terrible, negative.
Anything else is Neutral.
Create a file named [Link], the input is written into the file [Link].
The program then reads the sentence from [Link] and sentiment
analysis is performed based on predefined positive and negative
keywords. The classified sentiment (positive, negative, or neutral) is
written to a new file named [Link] and displayed.
10.
Converting Speed Units (km/h to m/s) with File Input and Output: Nick is
developing a program to convert speed units from kilometers per hour (km/h) to
meters per second (m/s). However, he needs assistance in creating a structured 2 hours
and user-friendly program. Create a file named [Link] to enter the speed in km/h
as given in the input. The program reads the speed from [Link] and then converts
the speed from km/h to m/s using the formula. The converted speed is written to
a new file named [Link] and then displayed.
11.
Implementing Persistent Bank Account Transactions using Serialization.
Sam is managing his bank account and wants to perform various transactions
using a program. He wants to deposit and withdraw funds and then save the
account details using serialization. Upon restarting the program, he wants to be 2 hours
able to load the serialized data and continue with his banking transactions. Write
a program to assist Sam in managing his bank account, create a BankAccount
class, and Serialize the BankAccount object to a file named [Link]
after the transactions. Deserialize the BankAccount object from the file when the
program restarts. Display the final balance after the transactions in a formatted
manner with two decimal places.
12.
Serializing and Deserializing Savings Data to Determine Savings Category.
Alice is managing her expenses and wants to create a simple program to track
her savings she wants to categorise her savings as "Poor savings," "Good
savings," or "High savings" using a serialization mechanism. Design a program
to create an object of the SavingsData class with the provided salary and savings
data. Serialize the created object to a file named [Link]. Deserialize the
SavingsData object from the [Link] file. Display the category determined by
the program after deserialization. 2 hours
Note:
"Poor savings", if the savings percentage is between 1% (inclusive) and 10%.
"Good savings", if the savings percentage is between 10% (inclusive) and 20%.
"High savings", if the savings percentage is greater than or equal to 20%.
"Invalid input", if none of the above conditions are met.
13. 2 hours
Implementing a Generic Record Holder for Academic Data.
A university needs a system to manage different types of academic records, such
as student grades and course enrollments. To create a flexible and type-safe
system, they want to use generic [Link] a generic class named
RecordHolder that can hold any type of academic record. This class should have
the following functionalities:
A private instance variable to store the record.
A constructor that takes an object of the specific record type and initializes the
instance variable.
A method named getRecord() that returns the stored record.
A method named displayRecordInfo() that prints some relevant information
about the record. The implementation of this method will depend on the specific
type of record being held.
Create two concrete classes to represent different types of academic records:
GradeRecord: This class should have private instance variables for studentName
(String) and grade (Double). It should have a constructor to initialize these
variables and a displayRecordInfo() method that prints: "Grade for
[studentName]: [grade]".
EnrollmentRecord: This class should have private instance variables for
courseName (String) and studentId (Integer). It should have a constructor to
initialize these variables and a displayRecordInfo() method that prints: "Student
[studentId] is enrolled in [courseName]".
In your Main class, demonstrate the use of the RecordHolder generic class with
both GradeRecord and EnrollmentRecord objects. Create instances of
RecordHolder to hold a GradeRecord and an EnrollmentRecord, and then call the
getRecord() and displayRecordInfo() methods on these RecordHolder instances.
14.
Student Registration System using ArrayList in Java.
Raman is a computer science teacher who is responsible for registering
students for his programming class. He wants to streamline the
2 hours
registration process using a simple program. The program should allow
him to input the names of students and later retrieve a student's name
based on the index entered. Raman has decided to use an ArrayList to
store the names.
15.
Calculating Median Temperature from City Data using HashMap. As a data
analyst for a weather forecasting agency, you have a HashMap storing
temperature data for various cities. Each city's entry consists of temperature
readings. Your task is to find and report the median temperature, providing a
2 hours
more representative measure of the overall temperature patterns over a specific
period.
Note: To calculate the median, sort the numbers in ascending order. If the count
is odd, the median is the middle number. If the count is even, the median is the
average of the two middle numbers.
16.
You are tasked with developing a simple Employee Management System using
Java and JDBC. The system should allow users to perform the following
operations on employee records stored in a MySQL database
Develop a menu-driven program ([Link]) that allows users to:
1. Add Employee 2 hours
2. View Employees
3. Update Employee Salary
4. Delete Employee
5. Exit
Total Laboratory Hours: 60 hours
Text Book(s)
Marc Loy, Patrick Niemeyer and Daniel Leuck, , "Learning Java, ", O Reilly Media, 5th
Edition, 2020
Herbert Schildt and Dr. Danny Coward, " Java: The Complete Reference", McGraw
Hill, 13th Edition, 2024
Reference Books
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates and Trisha Gee,, " Head First Java", O Reilly Media, 3rd
Edition, 2022
Dhruti Shah, "100+ Solutions in Java: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
in Java, ", BPB Publications, 1st Edition, 2020
Mode of Evaluation :Lab Continuous Assessment, Lab Final Assessment
Recommended by Board of Studies : 21-05-2025
Approved by Academic Council : No. 78 12-06-2025