Sample Pattern Problem: You must get fully dressed before leaving the house

Can anyone please tell me how should I approach this problem, what would be best way to solve this problem by keeping in mind the best possible design (pattern) approach, any help is greatly appreciated.

Problem: You must get fully dressed before leaving the house

Rules:
At the start, assume you have PJ’s on
Only 1 piece of each item of clothing may be put on
You cannot put on socks when it is hot
You cannot put on jacket when it is hot
Socks must be put on before footwear
Shirt must be put on before headwear and jacket
Pants must be put on before footwear
Pajamas must be taken off before anything can be put on
You cannot leave the house until all items of clothing are on (except socks and a jacket when it’s hot)
If an invalid command is issued, please respond with “fail”

Here are some example scenarios

Successful
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Input: HOT 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 7
Output: Removing PJs, shorts, shirt, sunglasses, sandals, leaving house

Input: COLD 8, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 7
Output: Removing PJs, pants, socks, shirt, hat, jacket, boots, leaving house

Failure
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Input: HOT 7
Output: failure

Input: HOT 8, 6, 6
Output: Removing PJs, shorts, fail

Input: HOT 8, 6, 3
Output: Removing PJs, shorts, fail

Input: COLD 8, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 7
Output: Removing PJs, pants, socks, shirt, hat, jacket, fail

Input: COLD 8, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
Output: Removing PJs, pants, socks, shirt, hat, jacket, boots, fail

Input: COLD 6
Output: fail

Avanthika rachael, Sep 21, 2012

please someone provide me solution....plz...

Sep 21, 2012

Reply 1

For this problem you can use "Visitor" pattern.
Define a Person class and different visitors for each accessory like footwear, pants etc.

From the the console class based on the conditions, each "accessory visitor" will visit the "Person"
Print the final output.

Hope this helps you!

Vivek

Vivekananda P, Oct 18, 2012