Introduction to QContest

QContest is an online coding platform with the following features:

• User Features

  • Users can sign up to create contests or participate in contests hosted by other registered users.

• Contest Details

  • Each contest must have a specified level of difficulty:
    • LOW
    • MEDIUM
    • HIGH
  • Contests will include a set of unique questions (a question cannot be part of more than one contest).

• Question Details

  • Each question has:
    • A specific difficulty level: LOW, MEDIUM, or HIGH
    • An associated score

• Contest Rules

  • The contest's level of difficulty determines the set of questions it includes:
    • LOW difficulty contests include only LOW difficulty questions.
    • MEDIUM difficulty contests include MEDIUM difficulty questions, and so on.
  • The final score for a contest is calculated based on:
    • The chosen difficulty level
    • The number of questions included

• Scoring System

  • Users earn points based on the difficulty of the problems they solve during a contest.
  • After the contest ends, user scores are updated accordingly.

Class Relation Diagram

Let’s visualize the relationship between the classes as given below