9. How should I name my submission jar file?
The Galton site has these directions in the upload screen, but here is a quote from that page
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The name of your submission archive file MUST be derived from your Testing ID,
as shown above. Your Testing ID is your 9-digit Social Security Number (U.S. only),
or it might be another alphanumeric combination, e.g. sp1234567 (any country).
Your archive filename MUST BE scjda-AAAAAAAAA.ZZZ, where AAAAAAAAA is your Testing ID,
and ZZZ is the appropriate filename extension for your archive type (zip, tar, or jar).
If you have prepared your archive, please press the 'Continue' button.
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10. How do I find out why I lost points?
You don't.
Sun does not provide you any specific detail as to the reasons for point grading.
They do break down the scoring by sections like
General Considerations (58 points)
GUI (24 points)
User Documentation (20 points)
Server (53 points)
11. Why are there add and delete methods in the data class when we don't need it?
Originally the assignment had an added requirement of creating a conversion program to
convert a text file into a data file like db.db. In order to do this you would have needed
these methods in the Data class.
12. I don't have access to a UNIX box, do I have to test it on UNIX?
In the Instructions.html document that came with your assignment it states.
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A README.txt file. You must create a single text file (plain ASCII format; word processor formats are unacceptable) called README.txt that describes to the examiner the following information in exactly the order listed:
* The exact version of JDK you used, including the platform you worked on.
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This could mean that they take into consideration what platform you used and probably try it on that platform.
Many posts have occured about this, and we haven't found any cases where there was a problem
of not having access to a UNIX box.
13. What fields should I include in the GUI's search functionality?
In the instructions.html. It is a little unclear as to the minimum fields necessary to search.