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[kickerman97]

What's the best way to attack this? Can someone show me how this would work? Thanks

Suppose a system has 4 types of resources and 5 processes. Write a java program lab4.java to test whether the system is in a safe state. Lab4.java should define a system class and a main method. The system class contains the system snapshot, namely matrixes Allocated and Max, and vector Available. The system class also contains four methods: setAllocated(), setMax(), setAvailable(), safe().

Besides returning a Boolean value, the safe() function should print the result to indicate the system status: either "The system is not safe!" or "The system is safe, since the process sequence < P2, P3, P0, P1, P4 > satisfies the safety criteria." (The sequence is the one that makes Finish[i] true for every i from 0 to 4 in the safe() function.)

Write main() program to test whether the following system is safe:
____Allocation________Max________Available________ ___Need
____A B C D________ A B C D_______A B C D__________A B C D
_________________________________3 5 2 0
　 　 　 　
P0___3 0 0 2_________3 0 1 2 　 　 　 　 　
P1___1 0 0 0_________1 5 5 0 　 　 　 　
P2___1 3 5 4_________2 3 5 6 　 　 　 　
P3___0 6 3 2_________0 6 5 2 　 　 　 　
P4___0 0 1 4_________0 6 5 6 　 　 　 　

The main() program should contain the matrix assignment operations using the setAllocated(), setMax(), setAvailable() methods defined in the system class. Do not ask the user to input the values.

[Belisarius]

This is more of a subject for Program Design and methods, as it doesn't look like there's anything particular to Java going on, and I'm stumped as to what the program is actually supposed to do.

[kaeli69]

When's the assignment due?