CS 2005, B Term 1999
Data Structures and Programming Techniques
HW3 (due Nov. 19)

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Introduction

Instructions

1. Examine the class definition for the List class that appears in the header file list3.h, available in /cs/cs2005/samples/hw3/list3.h. Do not make any changes in the header file. Note that the header file list3.h being provided for HW3 includes specific choices of the private member variables of the List class together with specific conventions regarding their meanings (see the comments in section 5.4 of the textbook). In particular, the implementation in HW3 uses linked lists. Refer to section 3.2 of the textbook for a discussion of the List ADT, as well as a different implementation of it using static arrays.
2. In a separate file called list3.cxx, implement the functions whose specifications appear in list3.h. All function preconditions given in the specification must be asserted in the corresponding implementation. You must use linked lists to store the items of List objects, using the private member variables defined in list3.h. The linked list toolkit described in section 5.2 of Main and Savitch is being made available to you for this purpose in the directory /cs/cs2005/samples/hw3/. The relevant files are named link1.h and link1.cxx. In this regard you may find it helpful to carefully review chapter 5 of Main and Savitch, and in particular to study the linked list implementation of the Bag class presented in section 5.3.
3. A simple test program listtest.cxx for the List class is available in /cs/cs2005/samples/hw3/listtest.cxx. Link listtest.cxx to your List class implementation and to the linked list toolkit using the Makefile provided in /cs/cs2005/samples/hw3/Makefile. Perform multiple sample runs to debug your implementation. Note that your submitted HW3 files must compile and link correctly under g++ on the CCC Unix machines when the Makefile in /cs/cs2005/samples/hw3/Makefile is used.
4. The source code for your implementation in list3.cxx should be carefully commented. Provide additional documentation for your code in a file named README, following the WPI CS documentation standard. You do not need to include the actual source code in the documentation file, just the names of the appropriate source files. Include screen views of several sample runs of your program. Your README file should also include a brief discussion of the merits and drawbacks of the linked list implementation of the List class. Can you suggest an improved implementation? Justify your claims.

Deliverables

1. list3.h
2. list3.cxx
3. link1.h
4. link1.cxx
5. listtest.cxx
6. Makefile
7. README