KIT107 Programming 2019
Assignment 2
Due Date
The assignment is due at 3PM Wednesday May 1st 2019
Background
You should be paying attention in class, but, oh, the Internet is such a distraction.
What with Governments to hack, a Census to fail, Google to search, cat pictures to
peruse, YouTube to waste time on, and Snapchat to send coded messages on, there’s
very little University wifi bandwidth left for actual work. Why is that?
I’ve identified a way to examine which web sites students visit when they’re using
their laptops on campus. We’ll look at just a 24-hour period of these and discover
what people are up to based on sessions they initiate with particular web servers.
You’ll have the date and time, the web server name, and the IP address of the
student’s laptop.
You will need to store data in collections organised by server. The collection should
be ordered in a first-come-first-served manner, i.e. the first server identified would be
the first group in the collection, the second server identified would be second, and so
on. Each group would store the name of the server and a cluster of session
information. Each cluster of sessions should be ordered chronologically, i.e. earliest
times first, latest times last.
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You will need to provide some summary data (e.g. number of sessions per hour and
total number of sessions per server), and an ability to display all sessions containing
particular text (e.g. source IP address, date/time, or destination).
Task
Based only on the information above:
a Which underlying data structure (array or linked-list) will you use as a basis to
model the overall collection of sessions? In two–three sentences, justify your
answer.
b Which kind of abstract data type (binary tree, general tree, array, stack, priority
queue, double-ended queue, set, list, etc.) would you use to model the
collection? In two–three sentences, justify your answer by indicating the
functionality required.
c Which underlying data structure (array or linked-list) will you use as a basis to
model the cluster of sessions for each server? In two–three sentences, justify
your answer.
d Which kind of abstract data type (binary tree, general tree, array, stack, priority
queue, double-ended queue, set, list, etc.) would you use to model the cluster of
sessions for each server? In two–three sentences, justify your answer by
indicating the functionality required.
The types required will now be presented.
A session is defined as follows:
struct session_int {
char date[20];
char source_IP[16];
char destination[50];
};
typedef struct session_int *session;
and you may assume the existence of those types and the following functions:
void init_session(session *sp, char *when, char *from,
char *to);
char *get_date(session s);
char *get_source_IP(session s);
char *get_destination (session s);
void set_date(session s, char *when);
void set_source_IP(session s, char *from);
void set_destination(session s, char *to);
char *to_string(session s);
A server is defined as follows:
struct server_int {
char name[50];
cluster sessions;
};
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typedef server_int *server;
and you may assume the existence of those types and the following functions:
void init_server(server *sp, char *who);
char *get_name(server s);
cluster get_sessions(server s);
void set_name(server s, char *who);
void set_sessions(server s, cluster c);
A cluster is a group of sessions. You must define the cluster type based
upon your answer to (c) above. For example:
typedef cluster;
You must also define what the type collection is based upon your answers to (a).
This will be a group of servers (as defined above) which consist of the server’s
name and a cluster. For example:
typedef collection;
Finally, with those types defined, a variable (called archive in the below) can be
defined to be of type collection.
collection archive;
e You must complete assig_two119.h and assig_two119.c by adding
the cluster, and collection types from above, and also the functions to
store sessions in your cluster, servers in your collection, and to search and
display the results. Function stubs are already present; you must complete these
and may add others.
If your answer to (a) or (c) above is a linked-list then you will also need to write
node.h and node.c and add them to the project.
Provisions
A Visual Studio project is available on MyLO for you to download and use as a
starting point. This comprises the following files:
session.h and session.c — the Session ADT as specified above.
These files are complete;
server.h and server.c — the Server ADT as specified above. These
files are complete;
assig_two119.h — the file into which you should declare the cluster
and collection types; and
assig_two119.c — the file which contains the main() function and
other functions which you write to implement the required task.
Program specification
First you must obtain the data. (In this case the data is generated by a function which
is provided.) This data must be stored (one session at a time) in appropriate
collections. At the top level there should be a collection of servers and for each of
these servers there should be a cluster of the sessions (stored in ascending order by
date and time).
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Once the data have been stored in the collections, a menu should be presented
offering four choices. The user should be able to view summary information by
server, summary information by hour, all sessions containing specified text, or to quit.
The code to manage this menu is provided.
Hint: the provided code contains a function, to_lower(), to convert text to lowercase
so that case-insensitive comparison may be made. The comparison can be made
using strstr() which looks for its second parameter within its first. You’ll need to
check the date, source IP address, and destination (server name). You may also find
strtok() and strcpy() from <string.h> and atoi() from <stdlib.h>
useful functions.
Sample output (see below) illustrates the required behaviour:
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Program Style
The program you write for this assignment must be contained in six–eight files as
follows:
the six files provided; and
node.h and node.c for nodes of linked lists (if this data structure has been
selected).
Your program should follow the following coding conventions:
no function should be longer than about half a screen-full or so of code;
const variable identifiers should be used as much as possible, should be
written all in upper case and should be declared before all other variables;
#defined symbols should be used for constant values only if const is
inappropriate
global variables should be used sparingly with parameter lists used to pass
information in and out of functions.
local variables should only be defined at the beginning of functions and their
identifiers should start with a lower case letter;
every if and if-else statement should have a block of code (i.e.
collections of lines surrounded by { and }) for both the if part and
the else part (if used)
every do, for, and while loop should have a block of code (i.e. {}s)
the keyword continue should not be used;
the keyword break should only be used as part of a switch statement;
opening and closing braces of a block should be aligned;
all code within a block should be aligned and indented 1 tab stop (or 4 spaces)
from the braces marking this block;
commenting:
o There should be a block of header comment which includes at least
file name
student name
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student identity number
a statement of the purpose of the program
date
o Each variable declaration should be commented
o There should be a comment identifying groups of statements that do
various parts of the task
o Comments should describe the strategy of the code and should not
simply translate the C into English
What and how to submit
What to submit
You must make both a paper and an electronic submission.
Paper submission
A paper cover page (blanks can be collected from the Information and
Communications Technology Discipline Help Desk).
Written answers to parts (a)–(d) above.
A landscape oriented print-out of assig_two119.h and
assig_two119.c and any other program files you have added to the
solution. Your assignment will not be fully marked unless these are present.
Electronic submission
You should submit the entire Visual Studio project folder compressed as a ZIP
file.
How to submit
Paper submission
Firmly staple together all of the required documents (with the signed cover
page on top) and place them in the appropriate submissions box near the ICT
Help Desk.
Electronic submission
You should ZIP the Visual Studio project folder and then submit it to the
“Assignment 2” assignment drop-box on KIT107’s MyLO site.
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Marking scheme
Task/Topic Maximum
mark
Design
ADTs chosen wisely 3
Data structures correct and justified 3
Program operates as specified
node.c correctly completed (if required, or array equivalent) 6
assig_two119.c correctly completed —
initialise_archive() to initialise the archive variable 2
add_existing() to
o add a session to a non-empty cluster 2
o in chronological order 2
add_session() to
o add a session to an empty archive 1
o add a session to a new server (adding the server in first-in-first-out order) 2
o call add_existing() to add a session to a non-empty cluster 1
show_servers() to display the summary for menu option 1 4
show_times() to display the summary for menu option 2 4
show_selection() to display all relevant sessions for menu option 3 6
Program Style
Does not unnecessarily repeat tests or have other redundant/confusing code 4
Uses correctly the C naming conventions 4
Alignment of code and use of white space makes code readable 4
Always uses blocks in branch and loop constructs 4
Meaningful identifiers 4
Variables defined at the start of functions 4
Header comments for the program (author, date etc.) 4
Each variable declaration is commented 4
Comments within the code indicate the purpose of sections of code (but DO NOT just duplicate
what the code says)
4
Plagiarism and Cheating:
Practical assignments are used in the ICT discipline for students to both reinforce and
demonstrate their understanding of material which has been presented in class. They
have a role both for assessment and for learning. It is a requirement that work you
hand in for assessment is substantially your own.
Working with others
One effective way to grasp principles and concepts is to discuss the issues with your
peers and/or friends. You are encouraged to do this. We also encourage you to discuss
aspects of practical assignments with others. However, once you have clarified the
principles, you must express them in writing or electronically entirely by yourself. In
other words you must develop the algorithm to solve the problem and write the
program which implements this algorithm alone and with the help of no one else
(other than staff). You can discuss the problem with other students, but not how to
solve it.
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Cheating
Cheating occurs if you claim work as your own when it is substantially the
work of someone else.
Cheating is an offence under the Ordinance of Student Discipline within the
University. Furthermore, the ICT profession has ethical standards in which
cheating has no place.
Cheating involves two or more parties.
o If you allow written work, computer listings, or electronic version of
your code to be borrowed or copied by another student you are an
equal partner in the act of cheating.
o You should be careful to ensure that your work is not left in a situation
where it may be stolen by others.
Where there is a reasonable cause to believe that a case of cheating has
occurred, this will be brought to the attention of the unit lecturer. If the
lecturer considers that there is evidence of cheating, then no marks will be
given to any of the students involved. The case will be referred to the Head of
School for consideration of further action.
Julian Dermoudy, March 30th 2019.
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