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Thread: Creating an exception class

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    Default Creating an exception class

    I had to make two classes that search a String array for specific words, and a ItemNotFoundException class. I do not think the exception class is working correctly though. I am not completely sure though because I am unsure of what the final outcome should in fact be.

    Driver:

    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class HW5Driver {
     
    	public final static String FILE_AND_PATH = "longwords.txt";
    	/* 
    	 * TODO: Be sure to change the FILE_AND_PATH to point to your local 
    	 * copy of longwords.txt or a FileNotFoundException will result
    	 */	
     
     
    	//Note how we deal with Java's Catch-or-Declare rule here by declaring the exceptions we might throw
    	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
    		Scanner input = new Scanner(new File(FILE_AND_PATH));
    		int wordCount = 0;
    		ArrayList<String> theWords = new ArrayList<String>();
     
    		//read in words, count them
    		while(input.hasNext())  {
    			theWords.add( input.next() );
    			wordCount++;
    		}
     
    		//make a standard array from an ArrayList
    		String[] wordsToSearch = new String[theWords.size()];
    		theWords.toArray(wordsToSearch);
     
     
     
    		//start with the linear searches
    		tryLinearSearch(wordsToSearch, "DISCIPLINES");
    		tryLinearSearch(wordsToSearch, "TRANSURANIUM");
    		tryLinearSearch(wordsToSearch, "HEURISTICALLY");
    		tryLinearSearch(wordsToSearch, "FOO");
     
    		//and compare these results to the binary searches
    		tryBinarySearch(wordsToSearch, "DISCIPLINES");
    		tryBinarySearch(wordsToSearch, "TRANSURANIUM");
    		tryBinarySearch(wordsToSearch, "HEURISTICALLY");
    		tryBinarySearch(wordsToSearch, "FOO");
     
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * Method tryBinarySearch
    	 * precondition: wordsToSearch is a nonempty array of Strings, and target is a non-null string to search for 
    	 * 				 in our collection of strings
    	 * postcondition: Uses a BinarySearch object (which implements this style of search) to try to find the target string
    	 */
    	private static void tryBinarySearch(String[] wordsToSearch, String target) {
    		//Todo: Build a LinearSearch class that inherits from SearchAlgorithm, and put it in the same directory as this class to successfully compile
    		SearchAlgorithm bs = new BinarySearch();
     
    		try {
    			System.out.print( target + " found at index: " + bs.search(wordsToSearch,target));
    			System.out.println( " taking " + bs.getCount() + " comparisons.");
    		} 
    		catch( ItemNotFoundException e ) {
    			System.out.println( target + ":" + e.getMessage());
    		}	
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * Method tryLinearSearch
    	 * precondition: wordsToSearch is a nonempty array of Strings, and target is a non-null string to search for 
    	 * 				 in our collection of strings
    	 * postcondition: Uses a LinearSearch object to try to find the target string
    	 */
    	private static void tryLinearSearch(String[] wordsToSearch, String target) {
    		//Todo: Build a LinearSearch class that inherits from SearchAlgorithm, and put it in the same directory as this class to successfully compile
    		SearchAlgorithm bs = new LinearSearch();
     
    		try {
    			System.out.print( target + " found at index: " + bs.search(wordsToSearch,target));
    			System.out.println( " taking " + bs.getCount() + " comparisons.");
     
    		} 
    		catch( ItemNotFoundException e ) {
    			System.out.println( target + ":" + e.getMessage());
    		}	
    	}
     
    }


    ItemNotFoundException class:

    public class ItemNotFoundException extends Exception{
     
        public ItemNotFoundException(){
            super("Word not found.");
        }
     
        public ItemNotFoundException(String message){
            super(message);
        }
     
    }


    --- Update ---

    LinearSearch class:

    public class LinearSearch extends SearchAlgorithm{
     
        public int search(String[] words, String wordToFind){
     
            for(int i = 0; i < words.length ; i++){ 
                if(words[i].equals(wordToFind)){
                    break;
                }else{
                    incrementCount();
                }
            }
            return getCount();
     
        }
    }

    SearchAlgorithm class:

    public abstract class SearchAlgorithm {
     
    	/**
    	 * Method search: a "to-be-defined" method used to implement a specific search strategy over the given array looking for the target word
    	 * Precondition: words is a nonempty array and target is a non-null string
    	 * Postcondition: if the target word is found, return its index.  
    	 *                If not found, throw an ItemNotFoundException (a subclass which you have to make)
    	 * 
    	 */
    	public abstract int search(String[] words, String wordToFind) throws ItemNotFoundException;
     
    	/**
    	 * Utility Features: This class can be used to track the number of search comparisons
    	 *                   for use in comparing two different search algorithms
    	 */
    	private int count = 0;
    	public void incrementCount() {
    		count++;
    	}
    	public int getCount() {
    		return count;
    	}
    	public void resetCount() {
    		count = 0;
    	}
    }
    Last edited by Kristenw17; May 17th, 2013 at 10:37 PM. Reason: Missed bracket


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    Default Re: Creating an exception class

    You post a lot of code.
    You state that you do not know if the code works
    You do not ask a specific question which we can provide a specific answer.

    Therefore you have placed the onus upon us to compile and run your code despite that it is not our work or problem and we have no idea what the code is supposed to do. You might want to rethink your approach if you want to get help.
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