Assignment #4  (to demonstrate polymorphism via the sport class hierarchy)

• Athlete class (see Athlete.java)
• <Sport> class (e.g., Wrestling class - see Wrestling.java)  [Assignment #4]
• Inputs class (see Inputs.java)  [Assignment #4-2]
• readString method
• readInt method (see Input.java from class web page)
• readDouble method
• Menu class (see Menu.java - will be available on Wednesday, March 24th)
• class constants
• ADD_CHOICE, FIND_CHOICE, QUIT_CHOICE, INVALID_CHOICE
• BASEBALL_ATHLETE, BASKETBALL_ATHLETE, BOXING_ATHLETE, FOOTBALL_ATHLETE, SOCCER_ATHLETE, WRESTLING_CHOICE, INVALID_ATHLETE, MIN_ATHLETE, MAX_ATHLETE (now MIN_ATHLETE == BASEBALL_ATHLETE and MAX_ATHLETE == WRESTLING_ATHLETE)
• instance character fields
• choice (used to store main menu choice - initialize to INVALID_CHOICE)
• athlete (used to store add menu choice - initialize to INVALID_ATHLETE)
• instance methods
• mainMenu (show menu and read choice - check for invalid) and getChoice (accessor)
• <two blank lines>
• Athlete Menu
• <blank line>
• a - add an athlete
• f - find top athlete
• q - quit
• <blank line>
• Choice?<space>
• addMenu (show menu and read choice - check for invalid) and getAthlete (accessor)
• <two blank lines>
• Add Athlete Menu
• <blank line>
• 1 - baseball
• 2 - basketball
• 3 - boxing
• 4 - football
• 5 - soccer
• 6 - wrestling
• <blank line>
• Athlete?<space>
• TopAthlete class (see TopAthlete.java - will be available on Friday, March 26)
• class constant (MAX_ATHLETES with a value of 20)
• class method (main)
• local character variable called choice
• local Menu object called menu
• local Athlete array (MAX_ATHLETES elements) object called athletes
• local integer variable called athleteCount
• main menu loop (while choice different than quit choice)
• add an athlete choice
• local character variable called athlete
• add menu call
• decisions for all six athletes (call get<Sport>Athlete method) and invalid choice
• "Maximum athletes of <MAX_ATHLETES> already entered" message
• "Invalid add menu choice" message
• find top athlete choice
• loop to search athletes array for first top value
• local integer variables called topValue, topIndex, index, and nextValue
• "<name> has the top value of <value>" message
• "No athletes entered" message when athleteCount is zero
• invalid choice
• "Invalid main menu choice"
• add get<Sport>Athlete method to <Sport> class (Louis' inquiry - should it be static?)  [Assignment #4-3]