Write A Program That Reads Customers’ Information From A Fil

Write a program that reads customers’ information from a file, and creates a movie theatre seating with a number of rows and columns specified by a user.

Write a program that reads customers’ information from a file, and creates a movie theatre seating with a number of rows and columns specified by a user. Then it will attempt to assign each customer to a seat in a movie theatre. You will be creating a class called MovieSeating that should be defined in a file named MovieSeating.java. The class MovieSeating will contain a 2-dimensional array called seating of Customer objects as its instance variable. The class must include specific constructors and methods, including a constructor that initializes the seating array with default Customer objects, accessors, mutators, boundary checks, seat assignment logic, and a method to generate a string representation of the seating arrangement. The program should prompt the user for the number of rows and columns, and a filename to read customer data from. It should then read customer data line by line from the file, create Customer objects, and try to assign each customer to a seat, checking boundary conditions and whether seats are already occupied. The program should print updates on seat assignments and the current seating arrangement after each assignment, handling invalid inputs gracefully. After processing all customers, it should output the final seating chart. Use the provided Customer class, which includes customer details, cost calculations, and string representation, and the data file customerData.txt containing sample customer data for testing. Your implementation should follow proper coding guidelines, use semantic identifiers, and ensure the program is well-structured and thoroughly tested.

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The objective of this assignment is to develop a comprehensive Java program that manages a movie theatre seating arrangement based on customer data read from a file. This task involves creating two primary classes: Customer and MovieSeating. The Customer class is provided, encapsulating customer details such as names, ID, ticket counts, and total costs, along with relevant methods for data handling and comparison. The core of the assignment is designing the MovieSeating class, which models the seating layout as a two-dimensional array of Customer objects, reflecting the theatre's rows and columns.

The program starts by prompting the user to input the dimensions of the theatre—specifically, the number of rows and columns—and the filename containing customer data. It then reads the customer entries line by line, creating a Customer object for each. For each customer, the program asks the user to specify a preferred seat location via row and column numbers. It checks whether these numbers are within valid ranges and whether the seat is unoccupied. If so, it assigns the customer to that seat; otherwise, it reports the seat as taken or invalid and moves on. Throughout the process, informative messages are displayed, including confirmation of seat assignments and the current state of the seating chart after each operation.

The MovieSeating class should include the following:

- A constructor public MovieSeating(int rowNum, int columnNum) that initializes the seating array with default Customer objects.

- A private method Customer getCustomerAt(int row, int col) to retrieve the customer at a specific seat.

- A method public boolean assignCustomerAt(int row, int col, Customer tempCustomer) that assigns a customer if the seat is available.

- A method public boolean checkBoundaries(int row, int col) to verify seat coordinates are within valid ranges.

- A public String toString() method to display the current seating with customer initials.

The program must handle various input cases, including invalid seat coordinates, already occupied seats, and end-of-file conditions, providing appropriate feedback. It should be designed with clean, readable code, proper indentation, and meaningful variable names. The code should be tested with the example input data to ensure correctness, and the seating chart output should match the sample provided.

This implementation will demonstrate concepts like 2D arrays, class design, file I/O, user input handling, and string formatting, illustrating practical application of object-oriented programming in Java.

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