Midterm2

Topics

• ADTs and their use
  • For each implementation, understand tradeoffs
    • Space efficiency
    • Time efficiency
      • Is efficiency dependent on number of elements -- think of worst case
    • Usability
  • Test Plans
    • What makes a good test plan
    • Black box testing vs. White box testing
  • Unsorted List
    • Interface
    • Implementation Choices
      • Array
      • Linked List
        • Singly linked; doubly linked
  • Stack
    • Interface
    • Implementation Choices
      • With List ADT
      • Array -- which end for TOS
      • Linked List
    • Stack algorithms
      • RPN evaluation
      • Infix to Postfix translation
      • Others (programming problems)
  • Queue
    • Interface
    • Implementation Choices
      • Circular array (why did we go circular?)
      • Linked List (circular or not)
    • Queue algorithms
      • Programming problems
  • Designing interfaces
    • Recall last test
• C++ Programming
  • Non-template classes
    • Constructors, Destructors, Mutators, Accessors
    • Overloading (member) functions
    • Overloading operator functions
      • C++ mechanism for finding a matching function
    • Copy Constructor
      • When invoked by C++
      • Recognize/identify problems caused by default copy constructor
      • How to define our own copy constructor
        • function prototype
        • what body must do
          • dynamic array
          • linked list
    • Assignment overload
      • same subtopics as above
    • Stream Insertion overload
      • Why it is not a member function
        • What is C++ translation mechanism to try and find a matching function
  • Template classes
    • Need/motivation for template classes
    • How to "templatize" a function
    • How to "templatize" a class
      • Header file
      • "Templatizing" all the class functions
      • Rules for
        • What becomes 'DT' (or other template type)
        • What becomes <DT>