Advent of Code - Java

Create solution

• If this is a new year, add a new package called year<year_number e.g. 'year2024'
• Add a class for the day you are completing named Day<day_number> under package day<day_number, which should be under the year package
• Make sure day class implements Day interface
• Add puzzle input to input.txt (this file is in gitignore)
• Add tests
• Add a constructor that runs the processData method given an input file name
• Implement processData, part1 and part2 methods of class

Build

• mvn clean install

Run

• mvn exec:java -Dexec.arguments=<year_number>,<day_number>
• year_number corresponds to the specific year's puzzle you want to run
• day_number corresponds to the particular day in December that you want to run puzzles for
• Before running, make sure the right input data is in input.txt

Test

• mvn test run all tests
• mvn test -Dtest=<test_class_name> run specific test class