Amazon Interview Question: Design an OO parking lot [closed]

Answer 1

you would need a parking lot, that holds a multi-dimensional array (specified in the constructor) of a type "space". The parking lot can keep track of how many spaces are taken via calls to functions that fill and empty spaces.Space can hold an enumerated type that tells what kind of space it is. Space also has a method taken(). for the valet parking, just find the first space thats open and put the car there. You will also need a Car object to put in the space, that holds whether it is a handicapped, compact, or regular vehicle.

class ParkingLot
{
    Space[][] spaces;

    ParkingLot(wide, long); // constructor

    FindOpenSpace(TypeOfCar); // find first open space where type matches
}

enum TypeOfSpace = {compact, handicapped, regular };
enum TypeOfCar = {compact, handicapped, regular };

class Space
{
    TypeOfSpace type;
    bool empty;
    // gets and sets here
    // make sure car type
}

class car
{
    TypeOfCar type;
}