The essay should demonstrate planning, research, analysis and the ability to build coherent critical arguments. You are expected to refer to your core text and other credible academic sources. Reference your work using the Harvard style.

Formatting
    Microsoft Word
    Arial
    Font size 12 for the main text
    1.5 line spacing
    Tables must be captioned in sequence and font size 10.5
  E.g. Table 1: This is an example caption for a table.
    All diagrams, graphs and figures must be captioned as figures in sequence and font size 10.5
  E.g. Figure 1: This is an example caption for a figure.

It should have 1500 word (+/- 10%)

In this assignment, you will practice using recursion, as well as file operations. Submit a single ZIP file called assignment6.zip containing your IntelliJ project. This assignment has 50 marks see the marking scheme posted on cuLearn for details.
Assume that we have an assembly line that can take a picture of a machine part which moves along a conveyor belt. The picture (or image) is represented as a 2D grid of pixels which are either black or white. The pixels can be accessed by specifying the row and column of the pixel where rows and columns are specified by an integer value. The machine examines the images and attempts to determine whether or not the parts are broken. A broken part will appear as a set of black pixels which are not all connected together (i.e., there is a separation between one or more sets of black pixel groups. Here are some examples of four possible images. Note that (c) and (d) represent images of broken parts. The red border represents the perimeter of a part composed of black pixels.