Room Booking System

This assignment requires students to design and implement a room booking system using Java. The system should allow users to reserve, cancel, and view room reservations. It also emphasizes the importance of robust object-oriented programming (OOP) code. Students are expected to employ best practices such as indentation, spacing, and camelCase in their coding. Additionally, suitable commenting is required.

Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Department of Computer Science
Coursework Title: Room Booking System
Module Name: Introduction to Computer Programming
Module Code: 4100COMP
Level: 4
Credit Rating: 20
Weighting: 60%
Maximum Mark Available: 100
Lecturer: Dr. Denis Reilly
Contact: If you have any issues with this coursework you may contact your lecturer (the
academic who delivers your lectures), if there are any outstanding issues you may
contact the module co-ordinator whose contact details are:
eMail: [e-mail]
Room: 731
Hand-Out Date: 21st Nov 2016
Hand-In Date: 16th Dec 2016
Hand-In Method: BlackBoard
FeedBack Date: 27th Jan 2017
FeedBack Method: eMail
Programme(s): CS, CSc, SE, MC, CF, CSe
Introduction:
This coursework is to be attempted individually.
You are required to apply basic problem solving skills in the design of a computing solution.
Once a suitable design has been produced, you will employ the programming skills taught
throughout the module to develop robust programming code that utilizes appropriate data
structures and storage. The coursework is supported by tutorial sessions up to the submission
date.

Learning Outcome(s) Being Assessed:
1. <not assessed in this coursework>
2. <not assessed in this coursework>
3. Evaluate alternatives and make sound judgements regarding programming solutions.
4. Investigate integrated development environments & application programming interfaces.
5. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the object oriented programming paradigm.
Details of Task:
A new room booking system is required to help managers reserve a room based on the
following requirements :
 Single, Double or Suite.
 Room Price.
 With or Without Balcony.
 With or Without Lounge.
When a suitable match is found, the guests (identified by their eMail) should be able to reserve
the room. Room reservations may also be cancelled. The room data should be modelled in a file
M:\data\rooms.txt which will contain the room data and any reservations, though initially
every room should be unreserved. Upon application launch, the data should be loaded into
appropriate data structures and upon application exit, the data should be saved back to the
files.
NOTE : The rooms.txt file (i.e. Appendix A) is provided on BlackBoard in the Assignments
section.
You should download the file to a new folder called data on your M: drive.
It contains seventeen sample rooms. The format of each room’s data is as follows :
roomNum roomType roomPrice hasBalcony hasLounge
You are thusly required to produce a design including an analysis of the specification, UML
(Unified Modelling Language) class diagrams. You should provide justifications for the
design decisions you make.
You are then required to produce a console application (using Java) that is driven by a
repeating main menu (i.e. Appendix B) with appropriate instructions and guidance throughout.
Menu options should include reserving a room, cancelling a room and viewing room
reservations.

Additional credit may be gained by implementing extra functionality :
 Performing Validation (i.e. fallacious input should be
rejected).
 Before rejecting a reservation (i.e. no rooms match the
guest’s room requirements) the application offers the “next
best match”
(i.e. we can match 2 of your 4 room requirements).
What you should hand in:
A word processed report (not exceeding 5 pages) containing your design materials.
The properly formatted & commented code in a ZIP file. Specifically, a single Eclipse (Neon)
project directory complete with all Java (.java) source code.
You should also submit any files required for your programming code’s data storage (i.e. the
contents of your M:\data\ directory).
Marking Scheme/Assessment Criteria:
Assessment Assessment Criteria
% weighting for
part
1 Design 10
2 Solution’s Functionality
 Room Reserving, Cancelling &
Viewing
 Data Structures & Storage
 Use of Methods
 Use of Objects
30
20
10
10
70
3 Best Practice 10
4 Commenting 10
Guidelines:
 A best practice solution should employ robust OO programming code. In the event that you
struggle with OO, you should still produce a design, but based around procedural
programming in which you decompose the complete task into sub tasks. Your programming

code should then be based on this design, which might use static methods in Java. As a last
resort, functionality could reside the “main” method / function only. Note that while a best
practice solution is necessary for maximum marks, some marks are still available for partial
solutions and you should attempt as much as you can, even if you do not get your
programming code functioning fully.
 It is not necessary to develop your system outside the specification above, marks are
available for answering the question, the whole question and nothing but the question, that
said see below regarding best practice.
 The code should employ best practice (i.e. indentation, spacing & camelCase).
 The code should also be suitably commented (i.e. non self-explanatory).
Resources Required:
You may use the computing labs on the 6th & 7th floors of the Byrom Street Campus as well as
the 1st floor of the Henry Cotton Campus.
You should make use of these specific tools & resources: Eclipse (Neon).
 Microsoft Visio 2013 / 2016.
 Lecture Materials.
 The Internet.
 Malik’s Java Book.
Extenuating Circumstances:
If something serious happens that means that you will not be able to complete this assignment,
you need to contact the module leader as soon as possible. There are a number of things that
can be done to help, such as extensions, waivers and alternative assessments, but we can only
arrange this if you tell us. To ensure that the system is not abused, you will need to provide
some evidence of the problem.
More guidance is available at:
https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/public-information/student-regulations/guidance-policy-
and-process

Any coursework submitted late without the prior agreement of the module leader will receive 0
marks.
Academic Misconduct:
The University defines Academic Misconduct as ‘any case of deliberate, premeditated cheating,
collusion, plagiarism or falsification of information, in an attempt to deceive and gain an unfair
advantage in assessment’.
This includes attempting to gain marks as part of a team without making a contribution. The
Faculty takes Academic Misconduct very seriously and any suspected cases will be investigated
through the University’s standard policy
(https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/public-information/student-regulations/appeals-and-
complaints).
If you are found guilty, you may be expelled from the University with no award.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand what constitutes Academic Misconduct
and to ensure that you do not break the rules. If you are unclear about what is required, please
ask.
For more information you are directed to following the University web pages:
 Information regarding academic misconduct:
https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/public-information/student-regulations/appeals-and-
complaints
 Information on study skills:
https://www2.ljmu.ac.uk/studysupport/
 Information regarding referencing:
https://www2.ljmu.ac.uk/studysupport/69049.htm
Appendix A
101 Single 23.50 false false
102 Single 23.50 false false
103 Double 27.50 false false
104 Double 27.50 false false
105 Double 27.50 false false
201 Single 23.50 true false
202 Single 23.50 true false

203 Double 27.50 true false
204 Double 27.50 true false
205 Double 27.50 true false
301 Single 33.50 true true
302 Single 33.50 true true
303 Suite 60.00 true true
304 Suite 60.00 true true
305 Suite 60.00 true true
306 Double 37.50 true true
307 Double 37.50 true true
Appendix B
- - Room Booking System - -
- - MAIN MENU - -
1 - Reserve Room
2 - Cancel Room
3 - View Room Reservations
Q - Quit
Pick :