A Java program should check that the data entered by the user is basically sound. For example, if asked to enter a person’s age, it is probably incorrect to enter ‘Fred Bloggs’. This is probably a mistake on the part of the user. On the other hand, if the user enters ‘200’ for a person’s age this is probably a mistake as well, but it is much harder for the programmer to detect. To what extent should the programmer anticipate these kinds of user error?

What are the consequences of the following?

(a) very strict monitoring of the user’s input