Auto Empire: Engineering a Dealership Dynasty with C++ Classes

Welcome to the grand showroom of Lab 1: Classes, where the rubber of object-oriented programming meets the road of C++. Here, in the bustling metropolis of code, lies a dealership not of cars, but of knowledge, waiting for aspiring engineers to take the wheel. Whether you're a rookie racer in the world of C++ or a seasoned driver on the OOP track, this project is your ticket to mastering the fundamentals of classes, objects, and more.

For source code please visit the Github repository here: Data Visualization

Overview

Lab 1: Classes is a C++ project designed to illustrate the fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming, including class definition, object instantiation, and basic operations on objects. The project simulates a simple dealership management system, manipulating vehicles and showrooms.

Repository Structure

Lab 1.pdf: Documentation providing an overview and specifications for the lab project.
Dealership.cpp & Dealership.h: Defines the Dealership class, managing a collection of Showroom objects.
Main.cpp & Main.h: Contains the main driver code that demonstrates the usage of Vehicle, Showroom, and Dealership classes.
Showroom.cpp & Showroom.h: Implements the Showroom class, managing a collection of Vehicle objects.
Vehicle.cpp & Vehicle.h: Defines the Vehicle class, representing individual vehicles with attributes like make, model, year, price, and mileage.

Key Functionalities

Vehicle Class

The Vehicle class encapsulates data about a vehicle, including its make, model, year, price, and mileage. It provides methods to display vehicle information and access vehicle attributes.

Constructor Overloading: Supports creating a Vehicle object with default values or specified attributes.
Display Information: A method to neatly print the vehicle's details.

Showroom Class

The Showroom class represents a showroom that can hold multiple vehicles. It allows adding vehicles to the showroom and displays all vehicles within it.

Capacity Management: Limits the number of vehicles in a showroom based on its capacity.
Add Vehicle: Adds a vehicle to the showroom if it has not reached its capacity.
Show Inventory: Lists all vehicles in the showroom, including their details.

Dealership Class

The Dealership class manages multiple showrooms. It demonstrates the aggregation relationship in OOP, where a dealership aggregates several showrooms.

Add Showroom: Incorporates a new showroom into the dealership.
Show Inventory: Displays the inventory of all showrooms under the dealership, including each vehicle's details.
Average Price Calculation: Computes the average price of all vehicles across all showrooms in the dealership.

Example Usage

The main function (Main.cpp) demonstrates the usage of these classes through a series of tests:

Creating Vehicles: Instantiates Vehicle objects with different attributes.
Managing a Showroom: Adds vehicles to a showroom and displays the showroom inventory.
Dealership Operations: Creates a dealership, adds showrooms to it, and displays the entire dealership's inventory.

Conclusion

As the garage door closes on Lab 1: Classes, we step out, not just with a dealership forged in the fires of C++, but with a toolbox brimming with the essentials of object-oriented programming. This journey through the world of classes, objects, and aggregation is more than a lesson—it's a launchpad into the universe of software development, where every line of code is a road leading to new adventures. So buckle up, programmers, for the road ahead is paved with opportunities to innovate, create, and explore the endless highways of coding.