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Asked: 2026-06-17T16:18:36+00:00

This question is difficult to articulate but here goes: I have a set of

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This question is difficult to articulate but here goes:

I have a set of classes with the following relationship :

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The issue comes when I’m trying to access the data. I’m trying to do this as efficiently as possible. The user should be able to look up a course and its sections, a professor and its sections, a section and its students (implying a professor/student relationship), a section and its professor (a section doesn’t have more than one professor). Also sections don’t care about which courses they belong to but courses do care about their sections.

I should be able to say, for example, professorA.listSections(); or professorA.listSections() etc.

I’m honestly not sure how to go about doing this in an efficient manner (if there is one). Any design patterns or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks like you already mapped out most of the things, now all you have to do is connect between the entities:

    • Each professor object should have a list of courses that he teaches.
    • Each Student object should have a list of courses that he studies.

    But on the Student case – he should have something “extra”: since every course could be taught by more than one Professor, the Student needs a way to “know” which professor teaches the course each he takes (another “extra” field).

    I’m not sure I understand the sections thing – but it can be done in the same manner.

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