Our company needs to add an airplane booking system to the current application. Currently the fleet is composed only by a short range plane that has the following characteristics:
{
"aircraft_type": "short_range",
"sits_count": 156,
"rows": 26,
"row_arrangement": "A B C _ D E F"
}Create a REST API that supports a multiple-seat booking, expecting the passenger's name and the number of seats to book (up to 7). As a result, it should return the positions of all seats reserved.
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If passengers can all fit in a row, the system will book them in the same row. (ex. ['A1', 'B1', 'C1'] or ['E1', 'F1'])
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If passengers don't fit in a row without crossing the aisle, the system will balance them across rows. (ex. ['A1', 'B1', 'A2', 'B2'])
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If there are no available seats and the seats cannot be arranged all across rows, they will be booked to be nearby across the aisle. (ex. ['C1', 'D1', 'C2', 'D2'])
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If none of the above rules are appliable, the system will position passengers in a random seat.
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The booking should start from the window seats, when possible.
Bookings:
- Marco: 4 people;
- Gerard: 2 people; Result:
- Marco seats: 'A1', 'B1', 'A2', 'B2';
- Gerard seats: 'E1', 'F1';
Bookings:
- Iosu: 2 people;
- Oriol: 5 people;
- David: 2 people; Result:
- Iosu seats: 'A1', 'B1';
- Oriol seats: 'D1', 'E1', 'F1', 'E2', 'F2';
- David seats: 'A2', 'B2';
Bookings:
- Iosu: 2 people;
- Gerard: 2 people; Result:
- Iosu seats: 'A1', 'B1';
- Gerard seats: 'E1', 'F1';
- Write unit tests!
- Add information about your design decision.
- Write a production-ready code.
- Design the code to be extensible.
- Suggest possible enhancements.
- Provide the source code with all the git history and the description of how to execute the code.
- Feel free to use docker to simplify the execution process.