Chapter 12, Problem 4PP

Program Plan Intro

  To implement a program to produce a requirements document for a given specification

Program plan:

• In the file “Address.java”, import necessary packages, and create a class “Address”,
  • Declare necessary variables.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the parameterized constructor.
  • Define a method “getStreet()” to get the street.
  • Define a method “getCity()” to get the city.
  • Define a method “getState()” to get the state.
  • Define a method “getZip()” to get the zip code.
  • Define a method “getUsps()” to get the full mailing address.
• In the file “Database.java”, import necessary packages, and create a class “Database”,
  • Create an array list to store data.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the parameterized constructor.
  • Define a method “addRecord()” to add a database record to the database.
  • Define a method “enterRecords()” that prompts for database record and adds them to the database.
  • Define a method “getRecords()” to get the database records.
  • Define a method “saveRecords()” to save the database records to a text file.
• In the file “Mailing.java”, import necessary packages, and create a class “Mailing”,
  • Declare necessary variables.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the parameterized constructor.
  • Define a method “createEmailing()” to write the email to a file with two line spaces between emails.
  • Define a method “createUSPSmailing()” to write the letters to a file with two line spaces between letters.
• In the file “Message.java”, import necessary package, and create a class “Message”,
  • Declare necessary variables.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the parameterized constructor.
  • Define a method “addText()” to add text to the message.
  • Define a method “createMessage()” to create a message interactively.
  • Define a method “getText()” to get the message text.
  • Define a method “getSubject()” to get the subject line.
• In the file “Person.java”,  create a class “Person”,
  • Declare necessary variables.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the parameterized constructor.
  • Define a method “getTitle()” to get the title.
  • Define a method “setTitle()” to set the title.
  • Define a method “getLastname()” to get the last name.
  • Define a method “getFirstname()” to get the first name.
  • Define a method “getEmail()” to get the email address of the recipient.
  • Define a method “setEmail()” to set the email.
  • Define a method “getAddress()” to get the address as an Address object.
  • Define a method “setAddress()” to set the address.
  • Define a method “toString()” to write the Person's data to a string formatted as a database record.
• In the file “MailSystem.java”, import necessary packages, and create a class “MailSystem”,
  • Declare necessary variables.
  • Initialize the variables.
  • Define the main() method,
    • Create Scanner object.
    • Get the input from the user.
    • If the input is “3”,
      • Exit the program.
    • Get the first name of the sender.
    • Get the last name of the sender.
    • Create an object for Person.
    • If the type is email,
      • Get the email address of sender.
    • Otherwise, get the sender's details.
    • Enter required user inputs.
    • If the input is “3”,
      • Exit the program.
    • If the input is “1”,
      • Get the records.
    • Otherwise, get the database file name.
    • Call the method “createMessage()”.
    • Create an object for Mailing.
    • Get the output file name.
    • Write the data to an output file.