[UPHPU] Objected Oriented question

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 17 Sep 2007, at 15:00, Justin Giboney wrote:

> I am trying to wrap my head around object oriented programming, but  
> I  am having a difficult time trying to figure out how to code  
> something  like this....
>
> A car manufacturing company makes multiple models of cars (like,   
> Toyota: Sienna, Tundra, Camry). Each model has a low end, medium  
> end,  and high end version. Each version has a set of options it  
> can choose  from.
>
> Here are my thoughts:
> There are at least two classes here (car and option), but I don't   
> know wether to make subclasses of each of the models. Then do I  
> make  subclasses of each of the models for low, medium, and high end?
>
> I could create an array in each of the subclasses for each of the   
> options available, but what if there are a hundred options?
>
> What if an option provides more options (like, if you get leather   
> seats, then you can get them heated if you like)?
>

Justin, I know this thread is several weeks old, but I never saw a  
reply from you to the responses you got.  Did your question get  
answered?  When doing any programming that I have a hard time  
wrapping my mind around I resort to pseudo-code and basically talk  
the problem out to myself in common english.  Then I can take the  
results and organize it however I need to and convert it to the  
syntax of whatever language I am writing in.  Although, before I do  
any code, for something like this, where a database could be used, I  
usually model the database first.

Jonathan