Linked List: Spring 2024

Learning Objective(s)

1. Learn to implement and use linked lists

Overview of the Program

This lab will help with the final lab. You are to write a program to build and maintain a "worm" via a linked list. A worm is made up of segments. Each segment has an address (row and column) and must be in a row/column with the segment before it and in a row/column in with the segment after it.

We will use the direction keys associated with vi to move the worm. h is for left, j is for down, k is for up, and l is for right. There are also four other "commands": + to add a segment on at the end of the worm, - to delete the first segment of the worm, = to display the worm, and q to quit.

Specifics

• This program is to be solely text based (for now).
• The worm starts out with 6 segments with the head at (10, 10) and the segment in a column below it.
• The worm is allowed to move anywhere (there is no "limit" to what the row or column can be).
• A worm also has a color that should be gotten from the user when it is first created
• The main method should be found in a program called WormDriver
• The input should be via command line argument .
• You must use a linked list.
• You should have the following classes:
  • Worm
  • Segment
  • Lnode
  • LinkedList. This can be any of the four types of linked lists we covered in class. You are allowed to maintain a direct link to the last item in the list.
• The design (UML and testing plan) should be done before starting to code. However, this is a one week lab and you will only be turning in the solution (the pdf and the software)
• create a zip folder containing only the following (and submit it)
  • only one file (as a pdf) with the completed software development report
  • all the .java files needed to run the program
  • any input files you might want to have the grader use when running the program

Optional improvements

None this week.