Allocator Class Reference

An allocator object to wrap the allocation of last-name letter groups to rooms. More...

#include <allocator.h>

Public Member Functions
	Allocator (const string &studentFile, const string &roomFile)
	Creates an Allocator object based on a list of students and a list of rooms. More...
void	allocate ()
	Calls the solving routine to allocate student letter groups to rooms. More...
void	printStudents ()
	Prints each letter and how many students there are for each one. More...
void	printRooms ()
	Prints the room allocation determined by this Allocator. More...

Private Member Functions
void	createLetterGroups ()
	Creates the array of letters. More...
void	loadStudents (const string &file)
	Reads the students from the students file and places them in their letter groups. More...
void	loadRooms (const string &file)
	Reads rooms from the rooms file and sets their capacities. More...
int	solve ()
	Runs the algorithm on the set of rooms and students. More...
Room *	largestOpening ()
	Return the room with the largest number of open seasts. More...
int	minSpaceRemaining ()
	Returns the amount of seats remaining in the room with the fewest spare seats. More...

Private Attributes
Letter *	alpha
	Array of all letters (size 26) More...
Room *	rooms
	Array of all rooms. More...
int	roomCount
	Size of the rooms array. More...
int	studentCount
	Total number of students. More...
int	totalCapacity
	Total number of available seats across all rooms. More...

Detailed Description

An allocator object to wrap the allocation of last-name letter groups to rooms.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Allocator::Allocator	(	const string &	studentFile,
		const string &	roomFile
	)

Creates an Allocator object based on a list of students and a list of rooms.

Allocator constructor.

Parameters

studentFile	Path to roster file
roomFile	Path to room list file

Member Function Documentation

void Allocator::allocate

(

)

Calls the solving routine to allocate student letter groups to rooms.

Main allocation function Allocates student letter groups to rooms.

void Allocator::printStudents

(

)

Prints each letter and how many students there are for each one.

void Allocator::printRooms

(

)

Prints the room allocation determined by this Allocator.

Prints the rooms and their fullness.

void Allocator::createLetterGroups ( )

private

Creates the array of letters.

Allocates the array of letters.

void Allocator::loadStudents ( const string &  file )

private

Reads the students from the students file and places them in their letter groups.

Parameters

file	The file to read the student list from

void Allocator::loadRooms ( const string &  file )

private

Reads rooms from the rooms file and sets their capacities.

Reads rooms from the rooms file.

Parameters

file	The file to read the room list from

int Allocator::solve ( )

private

Runs the algorithm on the set of rooms and students.

Calculates the allocation.

Room * Allocator::largestOpening ( )

private

Return the room with the largest number of open seasts.

int Allocator::minSpaceRemaining ( )

private

Returns the amount of seats remaining in the room with the fewest spare seats.

Member Data Documentation

Letter* Allocator::alpha

private

Array of all letters (size 26)

Room* Allocator::rooms

private

Array of all rooms.

int Allocator::roomCount

private

Size of the rooms array.

int Allocator::studentCount

private

Total number of students.

int Allocator::totalCapacity

private

Total number of available seats across all rooms.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• allocator.h
• allocator.cpp