CS 5010: Problem Set 11

Out: Monday, November 28, 2016

Due: Monday, December 5, 2016 at 600pm local time.


The goal of this problem set is to give you experience with inheritance and the model-viewer-controller architecture.

For this problem, you must use state and the MVC architecture, as in Lesson 11.3 and the Examples. Use inheritance whenever useful to minimize repeated code.

Otherwise, the deliverables and instructions for this problem set are the same as for Problem Sets 09-10. As always, you must follow the design recipe, in this case the OO Design Recipe and deliverables as spelled out in Lesson 9.5 and in deliverables.html. Be sure to sync your work and fill out a Work Session Report at the end of every work session. Use the Work Session Report for PS 11.

Also, as with problem set 10, you may submit your solution in multiple files.


Your task is to simulate a dimensionless particle bouncing in a 150x100 rectangle. For this system, you will produce 5 viewer-controllers:

  1. A position controller, similar to the one in the Examples, but using the arrow keys to move the particle in the x or y direction.
  2. A velocity controller, similar to the one in the Examples, but using the arrow keys to alter the velocity of the particle in the x or y direction.
  3. Both the position and velocity controllers display both the position and velocity of the particle, as in the demo.
  4. An XY controller, which shows a representation of the particle bouncing in the rectangle. With this controller, the user can drag the particle using the mouse. Dragging the mouse causes the particle to follow the mouse pointer via a Smooth Drag.
  5. An X controller, which is like the XY controller, except that it displays only the x coordinate of the particle's motion. Dragging the mouse in the X controller alters the particle's position in the x direction.
  6. A Y controller, which is like the X controller except that it works in the y direction.

Here's a demonstration:

Note that the first time I hit button-down inside the canvas of the XY controller, I accidently did so _at_ the particle location. That was a mousing error. The particle obeys smooth drag, not snap-to-mouse-location. You can also drag the mouse in the X and Y controllers, not demonstrated here.

Here are some more detailed specifications:

  1. The entire system works on a 600 x 500 canvas.
  2. Hitting one of the following keys causes a new controller to appear in the center of the canvas:

  3. Each controller has a 10x10 handle. Dragging on the handle moves the controller around the canvas.
  4. A button-down inside a controller selects the controller for input.
  5. In the position or velocity controller, the arrow keys are used for input. The arrow keys alter the position or velocity of the particle in the indicated direction. Each press of an arrow key alters the appropriate quantity by 5.
  6. In the X, Y, or XY controller, the mouse drags the particle via smooth drag. The mouse need not be in the representation of the particle; it need only be in the controller. However, in such a drag, the particle must remain strictly inside the wall. If the particle gets outside the wall, then PerfectBounce.rkt will complain about a contract violation.
  7. You must use the WidgetWorks.rkt framework, as you did for Problem Set 10.
  8. I don't want you spending time on the geometry of the Perfect Bounce. I've provided a file called PerfectBounce.rkt that calculates this for you.
  9. You must use inheritance to factor out the common parts of the various controllers.
  10. Deliver your solution as a set of files, including WidgetWorks.rkt and PerfectBounce.rkt, and a file top.rkt that provides a function
    run : PosReal -> Void
    GIVEN: a frame rate, in sec/tick
    EFFECT: Creates and runs the MVC simulation with the given frame rate.
    

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