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[mia23]

Hello, I am a java beginner and I need series help in solving this program; my assignment is due after 2 days and I can't understand this program .
This is THE PROGRAM:

 The ABC medical clinic needs your help in building a Java application that can help in keeping track of patients, appointments, and clinic activities.
 Create a class Patient from which we can create objects to handle information about different patients. Each patient is automatically assigned an id number after his/her visit to the clinic. In addition, each patient object will store the patient’s name, patient’s temperature, patient’s blood pressure.
 Provide a constructor that takes the name of the patient as argument and
then creates a new patient object using the name provided. The program
should automatically assign ids to newly created objects. New patient
objects are created withdefault values assigned to the temperature and
pressure data members.
 Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
 Provide the method newVisit which appends the new readings to a specific
record. Note that different readings should be separated by commas.
Example:
Initially Zaki’s record was as follows:
id:7
name: Zaki
temp:
pressure:
After the first visit Zaki’s record became:
name: Zaki
temp: 37
press:12/6.5
After the second visit Zaki’s record will be:
name: Zaki
temp: 37,38
press:12/6.5,13/7
 Provide the method patientCount which helps us know how many
different patients we have in the clinic’s files. Do not consider the number
of different visits for the same patient.
 Provide the method calculateAvgPre ssure which prints the average of all
blood pressure readings for a certain patient. Note that each of the blood
pressure readings is a ratio between systolic an diastolic, and that the
different readings are kept in a comma delimited format.
Example : Assume that the BP readings of Zaki are: 11/6, 12/7, 13/5
His average blood pressure will be: The average BP is :12/6
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 Create the class Appointment from which we will create objects to handle
information about different appointments taken by patients. Each appointment has
an Appointment id (which is a unique number assigned by the clinic when taking
appointment), Patient’s id, Appointment date (dd-mm-yyyy), Time, Fees.
 Provide a constructor to create objects of this class.
 Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
 Create a package called “myproject” in which you add the two classes Patient and
Appointment.
 Write a driver that imports the package “myproject” and then:
 creates three patient objects
 creates two appointment objects
 tests the newVisit, patientCount, and avgBloodPressur e methods.
 Provide a complete java documentation for class Patient.

[blazedaces]

Hello, I am a java beginner and I need series help in solving this program; my assignment is due after 2 days and I can't understand this program .
This is THE PROGRAM:

 The ABC medical clinic needs your help in building a Java application that can help in keeping track of patients, appointments, and clinic activities.
 Create a class Patient from which we can create objects to handle information about different patients. Each patient is automatically assigned an id number after his/her visit to the clinic. In addition, each patient object will store the patient’s name, patient’s temperature, patient’s blood pressure.
 Provide a constructor that takes the name of the patient as argument and
then creates a new patient object using the name provided. The program
should automatically assign ids to newly created objects. New patient
objects are created withdefault values assigned to the temperature and
pressure data members.
 Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
 Provide the method newVisit which appends the new readings to a specific
record. Note that different readings should be separated by commas.
Example:
Initially Zaki’s record was as follows:
id:7
name: Zaki
temp:
pressure:
After the first visit Zaki’s record became:
name: Zaki
temp: 37
press:12/6.5
After the second visit Zaki’s record will be:
name: Zaki
temp: 37,38
press:12/6.5,13/7
 Provide the method patientCount which helps us know how many
different patients we have in the clinic’s files. Do not consider the number
of different visits for the same patient.
 Provide the method calculateAvgPre ssure which prints the average of all
blood pressure readings for a certain patient. Note that each of the blood
pressure readings is a ratio between systolic an diastolic, and that the
different readings are kept in a comma delimited format.
Example : Assume that the BP readings of Zaki are: 11/6, 12/7, 13/5
His average blood pressure will be: The average BP is :12/6
Page 3 of 3
 Create the class Appointment from which we will create objects to handle
information about different appointments taken by patients. Each appointment has
an Appointment id (which is a unique number assigned by the clinic when taking
appointment), Patient’s id, Appointment date (dd-mm-yyyy), Time, Fees.
 Provide a constructor to create objects of this class.
 Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
 Create a package called “myproject” in which you add the two classes Patient and
Appointment.
 Write a driver that imports the package “myproject” and then:
 creates three patient objects
 creates two appointment objects
 tests the newVisit, patientCount, and avgBloodPressur e methods.
 Provide a complete java documentation for class Patient.

We're not supposed to do your homework for you. If you have some code and are having trouble with errors and coming up with things, show us and we'll provide what help we can.

Let me ask you, if you were a person and this was your job, how would you do it? How would you keep track of patient Id's? Instead of imagining this as a "class" in a "program" imagine it's a piece of paper you have to fill in for every patient. Ask yourself, what ID do I give this patient, what temperature do I write for this one, if you have to count how many patients there are, how do you keep track of that?

It sounds simple, but really all you're doing is applying the same logic to code. Start it out and do some research, also, consult your teacher and friends (help each other out, it's the best way to learn, together, sounds corny, but it's true).

Hope that helps and good luck...
-blazed

[sandyw]

Hello, I am a java beginner and I need series help in solving this program; my assignment is due after 2 days and I can't understand this program .
This is THE PROGRAM:

? The ABC medical clinic needs your help in building a Java application that can help in keeping track of patients, appointments, and clinic activities.
? Create a class Patient from which we can create objects to handle information about different patients. Each patient is automatically assigned an id number after his/her visit to the clinic. In addition, each patient object will store the patient’s name, patient’s temperature, patient’s blood pressure.
? Provide a constructor that takes the name of the patient as argument and
then creates a new patient object using the name provided. The program
should automatically assign ids to newly created objects. New patient
objects are created withdefault values assigned to the temperature and
pressure data members.
? Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
? Provide the method newVisit which appends the new readings to a specific
record. Note that different readings should be separated by commas.
Example:
Initially Zaki’s record was as follows:
id:7
name: Zaki
temp:
pressure:
After the first visit Zaki’s record became:
name: Zaki
temp: 37
press:12/6.5
After the second visit Zaki’s record will be:
name: Zaki
temp: 37,38
press:12/6.5,13/7
? Provide the method patientCount which helps us know how many
different patients we have in the clinic’s files. Do not consider the number
of different visits for the same patient.
? Provide the method calculateAvgPre ssure which prints the average of all
blood pressure readings for a certain patient. Note that each of the blood
pressure readings is a ratio between systolic an diastolic, and that the
different readings are kept in a comma delimited format.
Example : Assume that the BP readings of Zaki are: 11/6, 12/7, 13/5
His average blood pressure will be: The average BP is :12/6
Page 3 of 3
? Create the class Appointment from which we will create objects to handle
information about different appointments taken by patients. Each appointment has
an Appointment id (which is a unique number assigned by the clinic when taking
appointment), Patient’s id, Appointment date (dd-mm-yyyy), Time, Fees.
? Provide a constructor to create objects of this class.
? Provide setter and getter methods as needed.
? Create a package called “myproject” in which you add the two classes Patient and
Appointment.
? Write a driver that imports the package “myproject” and then:
? creates three patient objects
? creates two appointment objects
? tests the newVisit, patientCount, and avgBloodPressur e methods.
? Provide a complete java documentation for class Patient.

Like blazedaces said think what you need to do.
You know that you have to make at least 2 classes Patient and Appointment.
Each class has several events to do. Break each class in their events.
How many data type are there and what types are they.
Chart out your class on paper and what data types you are using.
How will I store the data. arrays, arraylist....
How will you calculateAvgPre ssure.

Good luck
sandy