Assignment -1 Spring 2024 1 
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
School of Computer Science 
 
 
31927 – Application Development with .NET 
32998 - .NET Application Development 
 
 
SPRING 2024 
ASSIGNMENT 1 – SPECIFICATION 
 
Due date Monday 23 September 2024, 11:00am 
Demonstration Required in the lab/tutorial session 
Weight 35% 
Groupwork Individual 
Submission Complete project folder zip 
Submit to Canvas 
 
Summary 
 
In this assignment, you are required to model the dotnet Hospital Management System by developing a 
console application using C#. 
 
The application should have appropriate data structures to distinguish between a Doctor, Administrator and 
Patient as well as store the necessary links between them (such as an appointment, between a Doctor and 
a Patient). You are given complete control in how you create these data structures, but guidance has been 
given overpage. 
 
Objects should be stored in the system and also written to .txt files such that the system can read them in 
and regenerate existing objects on load. This is mandatory. 
 
Students will need to submit the complete project folder in zip format, which will have the complete C# 
code, solution file, data file, etc. required to run/test the program. Any special instructions required to run 
the code has to be provided in a text file. Submitting a lone “.exe” is not acceptable. 
 
Assignment Objectives: 
 
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate competence in the following skills: 
• Ensure firm understanding of the .NET framework, C# basics and C# syntax 
• Understand how the .NET framework implements OO concepts and the implications this has for 
new language design 
• Array and string manipulation 
• Creating custom classes and methods in C# 
• File reading, writing and manipulation in C# 
• Creating interactive console applications 
• Creating good OO design. 
 
Program and data structures: 
 
• How you structure the classes in your program is your choice. One thing you are not allowed to do 
is make your program fully contained inside Program.cs, or any single class. 
• In the dotnet Hospital Management System, a user can log in as either a Patient, a Doctor, or an 
administrator. These are different roles, which would store different information, and would have a 
different menu. Your code structure should reflect this. Assignment -1 Spring 2024 2 
• Additionally, your code will need to generate Appointments. An appointment would need a reference 
to a single Doctor and a single Patient; your code structure should reflect this. You do not need to 
manage Dates/times for appointments (or anywhere, for that matter) in your code. This may result in 
appointments being difficult to distinguish and sort; you will not be marked down for this. 
• Every patient, doctor and admin, has a unique ID. This ID should be an integer of reasonable length 
(5-8 digits). This can be randomly generated, or incremental, but it should be generated by the 
system on object creation, not chosen/inputted by the user. 
 
Further recommendations: 
 
• Objects will need to be printed out one by one, it’s recommended that each data structure has a 
toString() function which compresses the notable data of the class into a succinct line. 
• Each role should be its own class and it should have its own MainMenu method, don’t try and create 
separate versions of the menu in Program.cs. 
• Don’t get confused by Administrators. Doctors and Patients can’t at any stage have “admin 
privileges”; the administrator is a completely separate entity. 
• You may find it useful to abstract common functionality into its own class, such as a FileManager 
class with static read and write methods or a Utils class which contains the methods to generate 
ID’s and filter lists. 
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Marking Guide 
 
Below is the marking guide for this assessment. It is designed to allow you to get a Pass grade with 
minimal effort while still demonstrating that you understand the core principles of .NET development, to get 
a Distinction with reasonable effort, and to get a High Distinction with solid effort, and 100% with 
considerable effort. It is recommended that you pay attention to the grade distribution and work towards 
your own skill level. 
 
In the demos in the lab, your code needs to be compiled in Visual Studio Community edition 2022 and then 
the tutor will test for normal functionality as described in the descriptions above. If your code does not 
compile you will receive zero marks (no exceptions). 
 
 
Task Items Max 
Point Total 
Console Code and 
Design 
- Appropriate Headings for menus 
- Basic console design 2 
14 
- Helpful comments 
- Appropriate indenting and whitespacing 
- Consistent and appropriate C# naming convention used 
 2 
OOP principles used: 
- At least 1 example of inheritance 
- At least 1 example of method overloading is used 
- At least 1 example of method overriding is used 
- At least 1 example of constructor 
- At least 1 example of extension method 
- At least 1 example of garbage collection 
6 
Appropriate use of exception handling 2 
Low coupling, high cohesion, general code quality 2 
Login Menu Functionality including cross checking credentials with .txt file 1.5 3 Password input masked in console 1.5 
Patient Menu 
List Patient Details 1 
5 
List My Doctor Details 1 
List All Appointments 1 
Book Appointment, functionality including creating 
Appointment object and writing to txt file 2 
Doctor Menu 
List Doctor Details 1 
5 
List Patients 1 
List Appointments 1 
Check Particular Patient 1 
List Appointments With Patient 1 
Admin Menu 
List All Doctors 1 
7 
Check Doctor Details 1 
List All Patients 1 
Check Patient Details 1 
Add Doctor 1.5 
Add Patient 1.5 
Logout/Exit Logout functionality and Exit functionality for all 3 menus 1 1 
Maximum Full Marks 35 
Bonus Marks 
- Use of one example of anonymous method 
- Use of one example of generic 
- Use of one example delegates 
3 
5 Email functionality (e.g. confirmation of patient registration, or 
confirmation of booking) 1 
Additional user role (e.g. receptionist) 1 Assignment -1 Spring 2024 4 
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Specific expected tasks and examples 
 
In this assignment, you are required to develop a console-based, menu driven hospital management 
system using C#. Necessary data should be stored in “.txt” files. There are 3 core roles in the system. 
1. Patient 
2. Doctor 
3. Administrator 
Each of these roles have their own version of the menu with it’s own subset of menu options. 
 
Login Menu 
 
The user should be presented with this menu on program startup and cannot proceed further without 
entering valid login details. 
Input fields: 
- ID: Display the typed characters as is 
- Password: Display “*” instead of the actual 
characters 
ID and password should be checked against valid 
credentials inside your files. How you do this depends 
on how you’ve structured your classes; but any 
patient/doctor or admin should have a unique ID and a 
password. These values should be, in some way, 
stored in a .txt file, which your code should cross check at this screen. If entered values are not valid, 
display appropriate error message and allow the user to retry. 
 
Patient Menu 
 
The patient menu should have all of the following 
menu options (see right). 
 
All menu options MUST share this functionality 
(see example below): 
• Console is emptied to display new data 
• Appropriate heading displayed before data 
printed 
• Error handling for bad user input 
• Menu should never return itself, the user 
should be able to press a single key to return. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 List Patient Details 
 
 
Functionality: Lists all the fields of the currently 
logged in patient to the console. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. Assignment 
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6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
List My
 Doctor
 Details
 
 
Functionality: Lists all the fields of the 
doctor that is registered with the 
currently logged in patient, to the 
console.
 It is recommended that the 
Doctor 
 data structure has a toString
 
function which compresses the 
necessary details of the patient into a 
short line.
 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu.
 
 
List All Appointments
 
 
Functionality: Lists the details of all past 
appointments involving the currently 
logged in patient.
 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu.
 
 
Book Appointment
 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for all 
the necessary information to generate a 
new appointment. This must be done 
with the doctor registered to the user. If 
the user has not registered to a doctor, 
they should be prompted to choose from 
a list of all doctors and register.
 
 
Input: 
 
•
 Integer to select doctor (if 
applicable)
 
•
 All necessary information to 
generate your Doctor data 
structure
 
•
 Key press to return to menu.
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Doctor Menu
 
 
The doctor
 menu should have all of the 
following menu options
 (see right)
 
All menu
 options
 MUST share this
 
functionality:
 
•
 Console is emptied to display new 
data
 
•
 Appropriate heading displayed 
before data printed
 
•
 Error handling for bad user input
 
•
 Menu should never return itself, the 
user should be able to press a 
single key to return.
 
 
 
 
 
Logout
 
 
Functionality: Returns to the login menu
 
 
Exit
 
 
Functionality: Exits the application
 
 
List Doctor Details
 
 
Functionality: Lists the fields of the 
currently logged in doctor to the 
console
.
 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu.
 
List Patients
 
 
Functionality: Lists a shorthand outline 
of every patient that is registered with 
the currently logged in doctor to the 
console, line by line. It is recommended 
that the Patient data structure has a 
toString function which compresses the 
necessary details of the patient into a 
short line.
 
 
Input: Key press to return 
 
to menu.
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List Appointments 
 
Functionality: Lists every appointment 
involving the currently logged in doctor, 
regardless of which patient is involved, to 
the console, line by line. It is 
recommended that that the Appointment 
data structure has a toString function 
which compresses the necessary details 
of the appointment into a short line. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. 
 
 
Check Particular Patient 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for an ID and prints the details of the patient whose ID it belongs to, to 
the console line by line. If there is no patient with that ID, your code should handle the error and print 
an appropriate error message. It is your choice whether the user is prompted to re-enter the ID or if the 
program returns to the Patient menu. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. 
 
 
List Appointments With Patient 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for an 
ID and finds the patient with that ID. 
Your code should then print every 
appointment between that patient and 
the currently logged in doctor. (You 
should not need to filter this list, as the 
patient should have been forced to be 
registered to only 1 doctor). If there is 
no patient with that ID, your code 
should handle the error and print an 
appropriate error message. It is your 
choice whether the user is prompted to 
re-enter the ID or if the program returns 
to the Patient menu. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. Assignment -1 Spring 2024 9 
 
Administrator menu 
 
The administrator menu should have all of 
the following menu options (see right) 
All menu options MUST share this 
functionality: 
• Console is emptied to display new 
data 
• Appropriate heading displayed 
before data printed 
• Error handling for bad user input 
• Menu should never return itself, the 
user should be able to press a single 
key to return. 
 
List All Doctors 
 
Functionality: Lists a shorthand version of every doctor contained in the system to the console, line by 
line. It is recommended that the Doctor data structure has a toString function which compresses the 
necessary details of the doctor into a short line. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. 
Logout 
 
Functionality: Returns to the login menu 
 
Exit 
 
Functionality: Exits the application 
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Check Doctor Details 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for an ID and prints the details of the doctor whose ID it belongs to, to 
the console line by line. If there is no doctor with that ID, your code should handle the error and print an 
appropriate error message. It is your choice whether the user is prompted to re-enter the ID or if the 
program returns to the Administrator menu. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. 
 
 
List All Patients 
 
Functionality: Lists the shorthand version of every patient in the system to the console, line by line. It 
is recommended that the Patient data structure has a toString function which compresses the 
necessary details of the patient into a short line. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. 
 
 
Check Patient Details 
 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for an 
ID and prints the details of the doctor 
whose ID it belongs to, to the console 
line by line. If there is no doctor with 
that ID, your code should handle the 
error and print an appropriate error 
message. It is your choice whether the 
user is prompted to re-enter the ID or if 
the program returns to the 
Administrator menu. 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu. Assignment 
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Add Patient
 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for 
all the necessary data needed to 
generate a new Patient
 and add it 
to the system.
 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu.
 
Logout
 
 
Functionality: Returns to the login menu
 
 
Exit
 
 
Functionality: Exits the application
 
 
Add Doctor
 
 
Functionality: Prompts the user for 
all the necessary data needed to 
generate a new Doctor and add it 
to the system.
 
 
Input: Key press to return to menu.
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Additional Information: 
 
Assignment Submission 
 
You must upload a zip file of the C# solution to Canvas. This must be done by the Due Date. You may 
submit as many times as you like until the due date. The final submission you make is the one that will be 
marked. If you have not uploaded your zip file within 7 days of the Due Date, or it cannot be compiled and 
run in the lab, then your assignment will receive a zero mark 
 
• NOTE 1: It is your responsibility to make sure you have thoroughly tested your program to make 
sure it is working correctly. 
• NOTE 2: Your final submission to Canvas is the one that is marked. It does not matter if earlier 
submissions were working; they will be ignored. Download your submission from Canvas and test it 
thoroughly. 
 
Queries 
 
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coordinator or lab tutor as soon as possible. 
 
Dr. Avinash Singh 
Room: CB11.07.115 
Phone: 9514 1825 
Email: avinash.singh@uts.edu.au 
 
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