Aircraft-Simulation

Overview

This project is based on the first project in a series of Java projects that is part of the Wethinkcode curriculum. It is the introduction to the concept of UML class diagrams and object oriented design patterns. An aircraft simulation application needs to be implemented based on the provided UML-class-diagram.

Scenario file

This application will be reading from a text file(scenario.txt) that will contain the scenario that needs to be simulated. The first line of the file contains a positive integer number. This number represents the number of times the simulation is run i.e the number of times a weather change is triggered. Each following line describes an aircraft that will be part of the simulation, with this format: TYPE NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE HEIGHT e.g. Baloon B1 2 3 5. The scenario file may be modified to produce different simulation outcomes.

Weather generation

There are 4 types of weather:

• RAIN
• FOG
• SUN
• SNOW

Each 3 dimensional point (Longitude, Latitude, Height) has its own weather.

Aircrafts

JetPlane:

• SUN - Latitude increases with 10, Height increases with 2
• RAIN - Latitude increases with 5
• FOG - Latitude increases with 1
• SNOW - Height decreases with 7

Helicopter:

• SUN - Longitude increases with 10, Height increases with 2
• RAIN - Longitude increases with 5
• FOG - Longitude increases with 1
• SNOW - Height decreases with 12

Baloon:

• SUN - Longitude increases with 2, Height increases with 4
• RAIN - Height decreases with 5
• FOG - Height decreases with 3
• SNOW - Height decreases with 15

Simulation

• Coordinates are positive numbers.
• The height is in the 0-100 range.
• If an aircraft needs to pass the upper limit height it remains at 100.
• Each time an aircraft is created, it receives a unique ID. There can’t be 2 aircrafts with the same ID.
• If an aircraft reaches height 0 or needs to go below it, the aircraft lands, unregisters from the weather tower and logs its current coordinates.
• When a weather change occurs, each aircraft type needs to log a message. The message format is: TYPE#NAME(UNIQUE_ID): SPECIFIC_MESSAGE e.g. Baloon#B1(1): Even baloons can freeze to death. A funny message is appreciated.
• Each time an aircraft registers or unregisters to/from the weather tower, a message will be logged.

Prerequisites

Visual Studio 2015 or later

Running the Application

• Open AircraftSimulation.csproj with Visual Studio to launch the project.

• Click the Start button on Visual Studio or press the F5 key to execute the project

• Executing the project will generate a file bin/Debug/simulation.txt that describes the outcome of the simulation.