🚢 Java Shipping Company Calculator

📦 Overview

This is a backend shipping cost calculator for transporting various tech products from China to Germany in regular bases. It calculates the best shipping method using containers based on volume and weight, fully written in Java with OOP principles.

✅ Summer 2024
🧠 Implemented with Object-Oriented Programming Practices such as Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, and Packages

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🎯 What It Does

• Allows user to enter a custom product order (e.g., 150 Laptop, 200 Mouse)
• Calculates total volume and weight
• Selects the most cost-effective combination of small and big containers
• Returns total shipping cost and container usage

🛠️ Technologies Used

• ☕ Java 17
• 🧱 Object-Oriented Programming: Abstraction, Inheritance, Encapsulation
• 📦 Modular Project Structure with packages (items, containers, methods)
• 🎛️ Scanner for CLI Input (user-friendly console interface)
• 🌐 UTF-8 Encoding

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📂 Project Structure

• containers
  • Container.java
• items
  • Item.java
• methods
  • Calculation.java
• tests
  • Day11.java
• LICENSE
• README.md
• module-info.java

🔄 Clone the Repository

You can clone this repository using HTTPS or SSH:

🔗 Clone via HTTPS:

git clone https://github.com/ilnazasaifutdinova/Java-Shipping-Company-Calculator.git

🔗 Clone via SSH:

git clone git@github.com:ilnazasaifutdinova/Java-Shipping-Company-Calculator.git

🚀 How to Compile & Run

After cloning the repository, you can run the project from your terminal:

# 1️⃣ Navigate into the project folder
cd Java-Shipping-Company-Calculator

# 2️⃣ Compile the main Java file
javac Test/Day11.java

# 3️⃣ Run the compiled program
java Test.Day11

💡 Example Output

Order Summary:

• 📦 Total Volume: 101.1 m³
• ⚖️ Total Weight: 3015.0 kg
• 🚚 Containers Used:
  • 1 × Big Container
  • 1 × Small Container
• 💶 Total Shipping Cost: 3000.0 Euros