Complete the Course class by implementing the findStudentHighestGpa() method, which returns the Student object with the highest GPA in the course. Assume that no two students have the same highest GPA. Given classes: Class Course represents a course, which contains an ArrayList of Student objects as a course roster. (Type your code in here.) Class Student represents a classroom student, which has three private fields: first name, last name, and GPA. (Hint: GetGPA() returns a student's GPA.) Ex: If the following students and their GPA values are added to a course: Henry Nguyen with 3.5 GPA Brenda Stern with 2.0 GPA Lynda Robison with 3.2 GPA Sonya King with 3.9 GPA

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Complete the Course class by implementing the findStudentHighestGpa() method, which returns the Student object with the highest GPA in the course. Assume that no two students have the same highest GPA.

Given classes:

  • Class Course represents a course, which contains an ArrayList of Student objects as a course roster. (Type your code in here.)
  • Class Student represents a classroom student, which has three private fields: first name, last name, and GPA. (Hint: GetGPA() returns a student's GPA.)

Ex: If the following students and their GPA values are added to a course:

Henry Nguyen with 3.5 GPA
Brenda Stern with 2.0 GPA
Lynda Robison with 3.2 GPA
Sonya King with 3.9 GPA

then the findHighestStudent() method returns a student and the program output is:

Top student: Sonya King (GPA: 3.9)

Code:

Course.java:

import java.util.ArrayList;

//create class Student

//create class Course
class Courses{
    private ArrayList<Student> roster; // collection of Student object
    
    //  class constructor
    public Course(){
        roster = new ArrayList<Student>();
    }

    public Student findStudentHighestGpa(){
        double highest_gpa = roster.get(0).getGPA();
        int index = 0;
        //iterate over all students object in roster to find highest GPA
        for (int i=1; i<roster.size(); i++){
            if(roster.get(i).getGPA()>highest_gpa){
                highest_gpa = roster.get (i).getGPA();
                index = i;
            }
        }
        //return student object which has highest GPA
        return roster.get(index);
    }
    
    public void addStudent(Student s)
    {
        roster.add(s);
    }
    public void printResult(){
        //this method print result
        //get Student object index, that has highest gpa
        Student result = findStudentHighestGpa();
        //print result
        System.out.printf("\nTop Student: %s %s (GPA: %.1f)\n", result.getFirstName(), result.getLastName(), result.getGPA());
    }
}

// create class LabProgram to impement all methods
public class Course {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        // create Student class objects
        Student st1 = new Student("Henry", "Nguyen", 3.5);
        Student st2 = new Student("Brenda", "Stern", 2.0);
        Student st3 = new Student("Lynda", "Robison", 3.2);
        Student st4 = new Student("Sonya", "King", 3.9);
        
        // create Course class objects
        Course course = new Course();
        course.addStudent(st1);
        course.addStudent(st2);
        course.addStudent(st3);
        course.addStudent(st4);
        
        // call method the print result
        course.printResult();
    }
}

Student.java:

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

// Class representing a student
public class Student {

    private String first;  // first name
    private String last;   // last name
    private double gpa;    // grade point average

    // Student class constructor
    public Student(String first, String last, double gpa) {
        this.first = first; // first name
        this.last = last;   // last name
        this.gpa = gpa;     // grade point average
    }

    public double getGPA() {
        return gpa;
    }

    public String getLast() {
        return last;
    }

    // Returns a String representation of the Student object, with the GPA formatted to one decimal
    public String toString() {
        DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("#.0");
        return first + " " + last + " " + "(GPA: " + fmt.format(gpa) + ")";
    }
}






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