Java help

[normbrc]

I need to create a program in Java that:

1. Asks the user to enter the name of the input file containing heart rate measurements, and input the file name. .txt format

2. Ask the user to enter the name of the output file where the output HTML document will be saved, and input the file name

3. Open the input file by using a BufferedReader object

4. Open the output file by using a PrintWriter object

5. Output to the file the appropriate opening HTML tags

6. Output to the file the header row of the table

For each series of heart rates in the input file, do the following:

Input the series of numbers from the input file and store them in an array

Compute the minimum, maximum, and fitness quotient for the series
Output one row of the HTML table to the output file, with the fitness quotient, minimum and maximum heart rarates, and the list of heart rates

Output to the file the appropriate closing HTML tags

Close the input and output

dont need a solution, just help

[JosAH]

It is quite suited to be a complete batch process, i.e. you pass the names of the
input file and output file on the command line and off it goes: it processes the
input, while producing the output and then quits. If anything goes wrong somewhere
during the process, simply print a diagnostic message and exit.

Don't stick all your code in the main() method but create small and simple separate
methods that do one thing; they should do it well. A first 'frame' for your process
could be this:

[code=java]
public class Processor {
//
private void testArgs(String[] args) { ... }
//
private BufferedReader getInput(String name) { ... }
//
private PrintWriter getOutput(Strin g name) { ... }
//
public static void main(String[] args) {
testArgs(args); // bails out if not two arguments given

// get input and output; process input producing output
// bail out if something goes wrong
process(getInpu t(args[0]), getOutput(args[1]));
}
}[/code]

kind regards,

Jos