Meerkat Drawing (Java)

A Java object-oriented programming project developed as part of a university Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) lab.

The goal of the assignment was to design and implement a graphical application that renders an animal using object-oriented design principles. For this project, I chose to model and draw a meerkat, with each body part represented as an independent class.

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Preview

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Features

• Draws one or multiple meerkats using Java Graphics
• Object-oriented class design with reusable components
• Individual classes for each body part
• Randomized meerkat generation within a scene
• Multiple rendering modes using the State Pattern
• Adjustable drawing parameters through the user interface

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Object-Oriented Concepts Practiced

• Inheritance
• Composition
• Interfaces
• State Design Pattern
• Encapsulation
• Java Swing Graphics

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Technologies

• Java
• Java AWT (Graphics)
• Java Swing
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

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Project Structure

src/
└── meerkatDrawing/
    ├── Arm.java
    ├── Belly.java
    ├── Body.java
    ├── Drawing.java
    ├── DrawingArea.java
    ├── Ear.java
    ├── Eye.java
    ├── Head.java
    ├── Leg.java
    ├── LocatedRectangle.java
    ├── Meerkat.java
    ├── MeerkatDrawing.java
    ├── Mouth.java
    ├── Nose.java
    ├── RandomNumber.java
    ├── Scene.java
    ├── SouthernAfricanAnimal.java
    ├── Tail.java
    ├── TestDrawingTool.java
    └── graphicState/

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Learning Outcomes

Through this project I practiced:

• Designing software using object-oriented principles
• Breaking a complex object into reusable components
• Applying inheritance and composition effectively
• Organizing Java projects into maintainable classes
• Building a graphical desktop application with Java Swing

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License

This project is available under the MIT License.