Chapter 8, Problem 16RE

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Side effect of “read()”:

• The “DataSet” class with the method “read()”is given below,

public class DataSet

{

/**      Reads all numbers from a scanner and adds them to this data set.*/

public void read(Scanner in)

{

while (in.hasNextDouble())

{

  addScore(in...

Explanation of Solution

Redesign for eliminating side effect:

• The side effect of the method “read()” is that it modifies the passed-in Scanner parameter...

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Effect of redesign on coupling:

• The concept of coupling says that “A class depends on another if it uses object of that class”.
• High coupling results many class dependencies.
• A redesign for the “read()” would be to use the object of...