An interactive Java-based simulation of a botanical garden ecosystem. The project demonstrates the practical application of several Object-Oriented Design Patterns to manage complex state transitions and autonomous agent behavior.
- Autonomous Gardeners: Workers move around the garden, managing their energy levels and performing plant care tasks.
- Dynamic Plant Life Cycle: Plants grow, get thirsty, or infested by weeds/pests in real-time.
- Weather System: Changing weather conditions (Sunny, Rainy, Storm) directly affect plant hydration and gardener efficiency.
- Interactive GUI: Custom 2D rendering using Java Swing with smooth animations and status bars.
- State Pattern: Used for Gardener behavior (Idle, Traveling, Working, Returning) and Plant health states (Healthy, Thirsty, Weedy, Infested, Dead).
- Strategy Pattern: Implements different gardener task assignment logic (e.g.,
ClosestHealthyGardenerStrategy). - Observer Pattern: Plants notify the garden manager about status changes to trigger task dispatches.
- Factory Pattern: Decouples plant creation logic via
PlantFactory.
- Language: Java
- UI: Java Swing / AWT
- Architecture: Pattern-driven development