Jop Applications Handling
Develop a program to manage the job applications that a company receive for open positions.
The main class is HandleApplications; all the classes classes are in the package applications.
The class Test contains a sample code that illustrates the usage of the main methods.
The exceptions thrown by the program are of type ApplicationException.
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R1: Skills and Positions
The method addSkills() add a list of competencies given their names as a variable list of strings. It throws and exception if
it finds any duplicate skill.
The method addPosition() add a new position (given its name) with the list of the required skills (whose names
are provided. It throws an exception is a position with the same name has been alredy added or if any
of the required skills has not been already added.
The method getSkill() returns a Skill object given the corresponding name or null if not found.
The getPositions() method from class Skill provides the list of position that require that skill,
sorted by name.
The method getPosition() returns a Position object given its name, or null if not found.
Both Skill and Position provide the getter getName().
R2: Applicants
The method addApplicant() enters a new applicant (with the name) and his/her capabilities as a single string,
e.g. "java:9,sql:7". Every capability is represented as the name of a skill, separated by ':', and
the level (from 1 to 10) held by the applicant. Le individual capabilities are separated by commas (',').
The method throws an exception if the applicant has already been added, the capability skill is not present, or
the capability level is not in the valid range.
The method getCapabilities() returns the list of capabilities of an applicant (given its name)
with the format described above; the capabilities are sorted alphabetically.
If not capabilities are provided it returns the empty string.
The method throws an exception if the applicant is not found.
R3: Applications
The method enterApplication() allows an applicant to apply for a position. It throws an exception if the applicant or the the position are not present, if the applicant has not a capacity corresponding to each skill required by the position, or if the applicant already applied for any position.
For instance, if the position requires skills uml and java, the applicant must possess
among her capabilities, one for java and one for uml.
The method getApplicants() of class Position returns a list of the candidates sorted alphabetically.
R4: Winners
The method setWinner() defines the winner applicant for a given position. It throws an exception if the
applicant did not apply for the position, if the position has already a winner, or if the sum of the levels
of the capabilities, whose skills are required by the position, is not greater than six times the number
of required skills.
The method returns the sum of the levels of the capabilities which correspond to required capabilities.
The method getWinner() of class Position returns the name of the winner or null if missing.
R5: Statistics
The metod skill_nApplicants()returns the number of applicants per skill, the skill are sorted alphabetically
by name.
The method maxPosition() returns the name of the position with the highest number of candidate.