CMSC 341 -- Spring 2004 -- Project 1 Questions

Copy this file into your directory and edit it to add your answers
to the following questions about  project 1.

These questions count for 10% of your project grade.


1. (12 points) You are allowed to define functions to set values for some data 
   members (renewStatus, recallCount, and due_date) for Book and Periodical 
   classes as public functions. If these functions are private, what problem 
   this may cause for functions such as "renewItem" in your CheckedOutList 
   class? Briefly describe how to change these functions (again using 
   "renewItem" as an example) to make them work?

2. (8 points) What are the best and worst time complexities for each of the   
   following functions in CheckedOutList class? 
      checkOutItem,
      returnItem,
      recallItem,
      renewItem.
   You answers must be in Big Oh notation.