By: RecruitMe
Since: January 2019
Licence: MIT
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JDK 9 (revision 1.9.4 or later). Only JDK 9 is supported.This app will not work with later major JDK releases such as JDK 10, 11, etc. |
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If the tests are failing due to a system error with Java9, then try to run with Java8. |
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Run the application through IntelliJ IDE. IntelliJ by default has Gradle and JavaFx plugins installed. Do not disable them. If you have disabled them, go to File > Settings > Plugins to re-enable them.
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Fork this repo, and clone the fork to your computer
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Open IntelliJ (if you are not in the welcome screen, click
File
>Close Project
to close the existing project dialog first) -
Set up the correct JDK version for Gradle
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Click
Configure
>Project Defaults
>Project Structure
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Click
New…
and find the directory of the JDK
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Click
Import Project
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Locate the
build.gradle
file and select it. ClickOK
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Click
Open as Project
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Click
OK
to accept the default settings -
Open a console and run the command
gradlew processResources
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew processResources
). It should finish with theBUILD SUCCESSFUL
message.
This will generate all resources required by the application and tests.
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Run the
seedu.address.MainApp
and try a few commands -
Run the tests to ensure they all pass.
This project follows oss-generic coding standards. IntelliJ’s default style is mostly compliant with ours but it uses a different import order from ours. To rectify,
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Go to
File
>Settings…
(Windows/Linux), orIntelliJ IDEA
>Preferences…
(macOS) -
Select
Editor
>Code Style
>Java
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Click on the
Imports
tab to set the order-
For
Class count to use import with '*'
andNames count to use static import with '*'
: Set to999
to prevent IntelliJ from contracting the import statements -
For
Import Layout
: The order isimport static all other imports
,import java.*
,import javax.*
,import org.*
,import com.*
,import all other imports
. Add a<blank line>
between eachimport
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Optionally, you can follow the UsingCheckstyle.adoc document to configure Intellij to check style-compliance as you write code.
After forking the repo, the documentation will still have the SE-EDU branding and refer to the se-edu/addressbook-level4
repo.
If you plan to develop this fork as a separate product (i.e. instead of contributing to se-edu/addressbook-level4
), you should do the following:
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Configure the site-wide documentation settings in
build.gradle
, such as thesite-name
, to suit your own project. -
Replace the URL in the attribute
repoURL
inDeveloperGuide.adoc
andUserGuide.adoc
with the URL of your fork.
Set up Travis to perform Continuous Integration (CI) for your fork. See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to set it up.
After setting up Travis, you can optionally set up coverage reporting for your team fork (see UsingCoveralls.adoc).
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Coverage reporting could be useful for a team repository that hosts the final version but it is not that useful for your personal fork. |
Optionally, you can set up AppVeyor as a second CI (see UsingAppVeyor.adoc).
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Having both Travis and AppVeyor ensures your App works on both Unix-based platforms and Windows-based platforms (Travis is Unix-based and AppVeyor is Windows-based) |
When you are ready to start coding,
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Get some sense of the overall design by reading Section 2.1, “Architecture”.
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Take a look at [GetStartedProgramming].
The Architecture Diagram given above explains the high-level design of the App. Given below is a quick overview of each component.
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The .pptx files used to create diagrams in this document can be found in the diagrams folder. To update a diagram, modify the diagram in the pptx file, select the objects of the diagram, and choose Save as picture .
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Main
has only one class called MainApp
. It is responsible for,
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At app launch: Initializes the components in the correct sequence, and connects them up with each other.
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At shut down: Shuts down the components and invokes cleanup method where necessary.
Commons
represents a collection of classes used by multiple other components.
The following class plays an important role at the architecture level:
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LogsCenter
: Used by many classes to write log messages to the App’s log file.
The rest of the App consists of four components.
Each of the four components
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Defines its API in an
interface
with the same name as the Component. -
Exposes its functionality using a
{Component Name}Manager
class.
For example, the Logic
component (see the class diagram given below) defines it’s API in the Logic.java
interface and exposes its functionality using the LogicManager.java
class.
The Sequence Diagram below shows how the components interact with each other for the scenario where the user issues the command delete 1
.
The sections below give more details of each component.
API : Ui.java
The UI consists of a MainWindow
that is made up of parts e.g.CommandBox
, ResultDisplay
, PersonListPanel
, StatusBarFooter
, BrowserPanel
etc. All these, including the MainWindow
, inherit from the abstract UiPart
class.
The UI
component uses JavaFx UI framework. The layout of these UI parts are defined in matching .fxml
files that are in the src/main/resources/view
folder. For example, the layout of the MainWindow
is specified in MainWindow.fxml
The UI
component,
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Executes user commands using the
Logic
component. -
Listens for changes to
Model
data so that the UI can be updated with the modified data.
API :
Logic.java
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Logic
uses theAddressBookParser
class to parse the user command. -
This results in a
Command
object which is executed by theLogicManager
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The command execution can affect the
Model
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The result of the command execution is encapsulated as a
CommandResult
object which is passed back to theUi
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In addition, the
CommandResult
object can also instruct theUi
to perform certain actions, such as displaying help to the user.
Given below is the Sequence Diagram for interactions within the Logic
component for the execute("delete 1")
API call.
API : Model.java
The Model
,
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stores a
UserPref
object that represents the user’s preferences. -
stores the Address Book data.
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exposes an unmodifiable
ObservableList<Person>
that can be 'observed' e.g. the UI can be bound to this list so that the UI automatically updates when the data in the list change. -
does not depend on any of the other three components.
API : Storage.java
The Storage
component,
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can save
UserPref
objects in json format and read it back. -
can save the Address Book data in json format and read it back.
This section describes some noteworthy details on how certain features are implemented.
The undo/redo mechanism is facilitated by VersionedAddressBook
.
It extends AddressBook
with an undo/redo history, stored internally as an addressBookStateList
and currentStatePointer
.
Additionally, it implements the following operations:
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VersionedAddressBook#commit()
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VersionedAddressBook#undo()
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VersionedAddressBook#redo()
— Restores a previously undone address book state from its history.
These operations are exposed in the Model
interface as Model#commitAddressBook()
, Model#undoAddressBook()
and Model#redoAddressBook()
respectively.
Given below is an example usage scenario and how the undo/redo mechanism behaves at each step.
Step 1. The user launches the application for the first time. The VersionedAddressBook
will be initialized with the initial address book state, and the currentStatePointer
pointing to that single address book state.
Step 2. The user executes delete 5
command to delete the 5th person in the address book. The delete
command calls Model#commitAddressBook()
, causing the modified state of the address book after the delete 5
command executes to be saved in the addressBookStateList
, and the currentStatePointer
is shifted to the newly inserted address book state.
Step 3. The user executes add n/David …
to add a new person. The add
command also calls Model#commitAddressBook()
, causing another modified address book state to be saved into the addressBookStateList
.
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If a command fails its execution, it will not call Model#commitAddressBook() , so the address book state will not be saved into the addressBookStateList .
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Step 4. The user now decides that adding the person was a mistake, and decides to undo that action by executing the undo
command. The undo
command will call Model#undoAddressBook()
, which will shift the currentStatePointer
once to the left, pointing it to the previous address book state, and restores the address book to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index 0, pointing to the initial address book state, then there are no previous address book states to restore. The undo command uses Model#canUndoAddressBook() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the undo.
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The following sequence diagram shows how the undo operation works:
The redo
command does the opposite — it calls Model#redoAddressBook()
, which shifts the currentStatePointer
once to the right, pointing to the previously undone state, and restores the address book to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index addressBookStateList.size() - 1 , pointing to the latest address book state, then there are no undone address book states to restore. The redo command uses Model#canRedoAddressBook() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the redo.
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Step 5. The user then decides to execute the command list
. Commands that do not modify the address book, such as list
, will usually not call Model#commitAddressBook()
, Model#undoAddressBook()
or Model#redoAddressBook()
. Thus, the addressBookStateList
remains unchanged.
Step 6. The user executes clear
, which calls Model#commitAddressBook()
. Since the currentStatePointer
is not pointing at the end of the addressBookStateList
, all address book states after the currentStatePointer
will be purged. We designed it this way because it no longer makes sense to redo the add n/David …
command. This is the behavior that most modern desktop applications follow.
The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when a user executes a new command:
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Saves the entire address book.
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Pros: Easy to implement.
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Cons: May have performance issues in terms of memory usage.
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Alternative 2: Individual command knows how to undo/redo by itself.
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Pros: Will use less memory (e.g. for
delete
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Cons: We must ensure that the implementation of each individual command are correct.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Use a list to store the history of address book states.
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Pros: Easy for new Computer Science student undergraduates to understand, who are likely to be the new incoming developers of our project.
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Cons: Logic is duplicated twice. For example, when a new command is executed, we must remember to update both
HistoryManager
andVersionedAddressBook
.
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Alternative 2: Use
HistoryManager
for undo/redo-
Pros: We do not need to maintain a separate list, and just reuse what is already in the codebase.
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Cons: Requires dealing with commands that have already been undone: We must remember to skip these commands. Violates Single Responsibility Principle and Separation of Concerns as
HistoryManager
now needs to do two different things.
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Color-coordinated tags that represent a candidate’s technical and professional skills, their position interests, and their endorsements created by members of the hiring company. Tags are a critical part of the recruitment platform in order to create a user-friendly, cohesive view of all candidates.Candidate tags are organized as pink for skills, yellow for positions of interest, and blue for employee endorsements.
Add and Edit Commands
Tag colors are determined by user input prefixes 'skill' and 'position'
For example:
add
n/Amanda Collins …other attributes… skill/Java skill/Powerpoint position/Project Manager
Endorsement tags are separately determined by the endorse
command and cannot be specified as part of a user profile
in the add and edit commands.
These prefixes (skill and position) create new SkillsTag objects that specify the type of tag ('skill', 'pos', or 'endorse') which is stored as an attribute in the SkillsTag class.
The type attribute then specifies which tag color attribute is assigned to the SkillsTag, which is then communicated to the Storage component.
SkillsTag in Logic component communicates to the CSS file in the GUI to change the color.
The color attribute is then modeled as a JsonAdaptedTag in the Storage component.
IMPORTANT NOTE the current implementation works with the JSON Constructor by adding a prefix to each tagName
attribute that represents what tag type the object is. The strings 's:', 'p:', and 'e:' are prepended to each respective
skill, position, or endorse tag’s tagName attribute.
Other commands such as filtering and sorting are currently integrated with this design approach and parse out the prefixes to get the correct tag names. This design helps the filter and sort commands differentiate between the three tag types in order to properly display the results of their commands and improve user readability.
Coming in v2.0
Logic Component Changes
* Instead of representing tag type as an attribute of a SkillsTag object, a Tag
interface will be implemented by
distinct SkillsTag
, PositionTag
, EndorseTag
objects.
* The tags will have separate adapted JSON objects in order to correctly store the colors in the Storage component.
* This will replace the current system of
prepending tagName attributes with the respective tag type prefixes ('s:', 'p:', and 'e:').
UI Component Changes * While the current implementation makes UI changes in the colors of the tags, the next implementation will have the separate tags featured on different lines instead of the current List of tags that has them in a random order. * The new view will improve the UI design to make the tags more organized and clear.
Usage Format Regarding Current Implementation:
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Format 1:
filter or/and [name<NAME>name] [phone<PHONE>phone] [email<EMAIL>email] [gpa<GPA>gpa] [edu<EDUCATION>edu] [deg<DEGREE-LEVEL>deg] [addr<ADDRESS>addr] [skill<SKILL1, SKILL2, … >skill][pos<POSITION1, POSITION2, … >pos] [end<ENDORSEMENT-COUNT>end]
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Format 2:
filter clear/reverse
Basic Definitions Before the Actual Implementation Explanation:
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PREFIX:
For every single field (name, phone, email etc.), the leading combination of characters which indicate that the data for that field will be entered beginning from that location of the input.-
e.g. for name field
name<
, for gpa fieldgpa<
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REVERSE PREFIX:
For every single field, the combination of terminating characters which indicate that the data for that field will be stopped after that location of the input.-
e.g. for email field >email`, for skills field
>skill
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CRITERIA/CRITERION:
These are the texts that are between 'PREFIX' and 'REVERSE PREFIX'-
e.g. for the input
filter and deg<bachelors>deg phone<95>phone
, the criterion arebachelors
and95
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all the criterion possible for filtering are:
NAME, PHONE, EMAIL, GPA, EDUCATION, DEGREE-LEVEL, ADDRESS, SKILLS
(It can have multiple criterion inside of it, e.g.skill<C, Java>skill has 2 criterion C and Java
),POSITIONS
(same situation with SKILLS),ENDORSEMENT-COUNT
.
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Differences of 4 Types of Filter Commands:
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AND:
This type of command is used for only showing the persons that passes all the criterion given in the input.-
e.g. if input is
filter and edu<NUS>edu pos<Manager, Developer>pos
, only the persons, who have studied inNUS
and applied for bothManager and Developer
positions, will be shown.
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OR:
This type of command is used for only showing the persons that passes at least one of the criterion given in the input.-
e.g. if input is
filter or
addr<Singapore>addr
skill<C, Java>skill
, only the persons who live inSingapore
or knows about the skills that containC or Java
will be shown
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CLEAR:
If a filtering is applied before and the currently viewed list is a filtered list of persons, then this type clears all the active filtering and shows all the persons in the storage. -
REVERSE:
If a filtering is applied before, this command shows only the persons that are eliminated with the previous filtering conditions. Basically, it reverses the filter.-
e.g. if input is
filter reverse
and if there are 11 persons in the total storage but only 7 are shown since there is a filtering, this type shows only the 4 other persons that were not shown.
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Filtering Approaches for Every Single Field:
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Although in some fields, any ASCII character can be taken as inputs, using < or > can cause false results. Please do not use them in your filtering inputs for the criterion fields.
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All the text searches are case-insensitive. That means, if the input is in for example, all these texts will be matched with the input: In, in, iN, IN .
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Below, the word contained is used a lot. This word means that, if the input is a substring of the searched value for the looked person, the input is contained. e.g. if the input is ale for the name, all the persons will be chosen, who have at least one of the uppercase and lowercase combination of the input ale in their names as a substring.e.g. if the input is ale , the person with the name Alex, aLex, ALEX, alexandra etc. will be matched.
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NAME:
It can take any English alphabet character and alsospace
character. It checks if the entered criteria is contained in the names of the persons in the list. -
PHONE:
It can take any positive number, controls if the entered criteria is contained in the phones of the persons in the list. -
EMAIL and ADDRESS:
It can take any number of ASCII characters more than 0. Controls if the entered criteria is contained in the emails/addresses of the persons in the list. -
GPA:
It takes a positiveinteger
orfloat
value between 0 and 4. Shows the persons with higher or equal GPA values from the given criteria. -
EDUCATION:
It can take any English alphabet character and alsospace
character. It checks if the entered criteria is contained in the school/education of the persons in the list. -
SKILLS and POSITIONS:
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It can take any number of ASCII characters more than 0 (except "," in the
skill/position
itself). -
Multiple
skills/positions
can be entered with using onePREFIX
and oneREVERSE PREFIX
as long as theskills/positions
are separated with ",". -
Controls, if the given
skills/positions
are contained in the actualskills/positions
of the persons in the list.
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ENDORSEMENT-COUNT:
It takes a positiveinteger
. If the given number as an input is less than or equal to the number of endorsements (it is just the process, where a person recommended by someone) the person has, then this person is shown. -
DEGREE-LEVEL:
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The input for this field can take an
integer
between 0 and 4 (they are included) or a text, which can be eitherhighschool
orassociates
orbachelors
ormasters
orphd
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Order of
integers
are matched with the order of texts given. In other words, input 0 also meanshighschool
, 1 meansassociates
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In this filtering field, it is controlled that if the entered degree level is a lower or an equal level than the one for the searched person, the person will be shown in the list.
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Implementation Details:
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Class Diagram of the Filtering Command:
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Sequence Diagram of the Filtering Command:
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Filtering is parsed in
FilterCommandParser
class, directed inFilterCommand
class for further processing and actual filtering process took place inAddressBook
class. -
Working Principle of
FilterCommandParser
Class-
The input is trimmed (spaces at the beginning and at the end are cleaned), cleared from multiple spaces and turned into lowercase form.
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By checking the first number of characters of the input, the type of the process is determined (
and
,or
,clear
orreverse
) and stored in aninteger
value. If the input has none of them, an invalid input message is shown. -
Since there are 10 different fields that can be filtered, a
String array
with size 10, called criterion, is created and the values are set to " " in initialization. -
If the type is
clear
orreverse
, a newFilterCommand
object is called with passing thecriterion
array and theprocess-type-holding-integer
for that method. If it is not, followings take place. -
The prefixes are searched. For each of the fields, these controls are made:
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Checked if the
PREFIX
exists in the input for the searched field. -
If it is, then
REVERSE PREFIX
for that field is also searched and if that is also found, it is checked that if thePREFIX
is placed beforeREVERSE PREFIX
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If it is not, or if the search cannot reach to this step, then an invalid input message is shown.
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If the steps are passed successfully, the element in the
criterion
array for this field will be changed to the value"available"
e.g. if the input isfilter or phone<57>phone
, then thePREFIX
andREVERSE PREFIX
locations are correct, the 21st index (related index for the phone in the array) of thecriterion
will be set to"available"
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Since the parser looks for the first occurrence of
PREFIX
andREVERSE PREFIX
, if there are multiple filtering parts for the searched criteria, then the first one will be taken.
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For the available fields (the ones with the regarding
criterion
indexes are set to"available"
), an input check is made for the the text between thePREFIX
andREVERSE PREFIX
. For the non-available filtering conditions, the value incriterion
for the related field is set tonull
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If the parameters does not pass the input check, an error is thrown, which says the input is in invalid form. If they passes the input check, then the index for the regarding field in
criterion
array is set to the text value between thePREFIX
andREVERSE PREFIX
.
e.g. the 1st index ofcriterion
is set to57
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FilterCommand function is called. In the parameters
criterion
andprocess-type-holding-integer
passed to the object constructor.
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Working Principle of
FilterCommand
Class-
For each 10 fields of the filter command criterion, a
string
parameter is constructed and the values are set regarding the values incriterion
array. If no value for that field is present, the parameter in theFilterCommand
class is set tonull
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Since
SKILLS
andPOSITIONS
fields can contain more than one criterion inside (all the criterion are separated with ", " for these), the string values incriterion
array regarding to those fields are split through "," usage and the data for these are stored inString[]
parameters created inFilterCommand
class, instead ofString
parameters. -
Also the type of the process (
and
,or
,clear
orreverse
) is stored in a parameter inFilterCommand
, too. -
According to the process type, one of the methods
filterAnd()
,filterOr()
,clearFilter()
orreverseFilter()
is called throughModel
interface and these methods inModel
also called the one of these methods inAddressBook
class with the same name. -
For
filterAnd()
andfilterOr()
methods, the values for every single field are passed through the method call.
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Working Principle of
AddressBook
Class for Filtering Purposes-
In the AddressBook class, a new
UniquePersonsList
parameter calledallPersonsStorage
is added. -
When the filtering method is used, the
persons
parameter in the class is updated according to the filtering criterion (the persons that are not matching the conditions are removed). However, in order not to lose data, the new addedallPersonsStorage
parameter is not being changed with the filtering processes. It still continues to store every single person in the application storage. -
When clearFilter() method is called, if there is a filtering available, every single person who is not in
persons
parameter but inallPersonsStorage
are added to thepersons
storage. So basically, it is right to say thatpersons
parameter only holds the persons we expect to see in the GUI. -
When reverseFilter() method is called, if there is a filtering available, every single person who is in
persons
parameter is replaced with the persons who were not stored in this parameter before. -
When filterOr() method is called, every single person in
persons
parameter is traversed and the ones that do not contain none of the criterion set through input are removed frompersons
. -
When filterAnd() method is called, every single person in
persons
parameter is traversed and the ones that do not contain even one of the criterion set through input are removed frompersons
. -
The information if there is a filtering available in the application, is also stored in a boolean parameter in
AddressBook
and set true withfilterAnd() and filterOr()
methods, set false with the initial launch of the application,clearFilter()
call andAdd Command call
(because it increases the size of the data and it is not know that if the newly added person fits the filtering criterion or not). -
Filter-keeping-parameter is important, because with
undo and redo commands
, it is important to maintain the filtering state in order not to lose any data and in order to useclearFilter()
method.
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In this title, both Command implementation and Parser implementation will be discussed in 2 parts:
Instead of adding another parameter in AddressBook
class called allPersonsStorage
, another approach would be letting persons
parameter to hold
all the unfiltered information and updating filteredPersons
parameter in the ModelManager
class. filteredPersons
is a list of persons that is defined in ModelManager
.
It is especially used in FindCommand
, that applies a basic filter to the list of persons in the application with only one criteria NAME
.
However, filteredPersons
is implemented with Predicate
approach.
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Pros of this approach:
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Does not need any additional permanent parameter to be created in AddressBook class.
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Decreases the number of changes made in each list changing method of the AddressBook class. Because, if any additional parameter is added to AddressBook class, all the functions have to be changed considering the new parameter.
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Cons of this approach:
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It is hard and time consuming to implement this approach because
Predicates
are used. InAddressBook
class itself, we can directly reach to the persons and their all fields easily. But withPredicate
approach, it requires additional data to be built (Predicates
may need to be created before adding new persons to the parameter). Moreover, we do not have much knowledge aboutPredicate
usage and because of these reasons, our job may take more time to finish.
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Instead of putting the criterion contents between both PREFIXES
and REVERSE PREFIXES
, we
could only add the content after PREFIX
(without any REVERSE PREFIX
usage) like the addition process .
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Pros of this approach:
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User would need to write less number of characters
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Cons of this approach:
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Using also reverse prefix makes the job much easier, because it simply marks also the end of the content.
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In currently implemented version, no order of the criterion is necessary. So, first phone number and then name etc. can be added for filtering condition. However in the alternative approach, implementing the input taking with no order is harder and time consuming.
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The testing methods for filtering is written for 3 different parts:
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This test class is prepared for unit testing of FilterCommandParser cass. With the tests:
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The validity of inputs with single and multiple field are present are checked.
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The given order of inputs are checked in case of any possibility for an error.
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Empty command or
filter
command without any type specification are checked. -
The exceptions thrown are controlled, when the criterion are empty.
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For
number
type of criterion, the negative and positive out of bound values, entering string values and entering valid values are checked. -
For
String
type of criterion, the type of characters allowed are checked.
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This test class is prepared for unit testing of Filtering Command. With these tests Filtering process are checked:
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when a single or multiple criterion are given,
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when filtering occurs multiple times,
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when type is
clear
orreverse
and there are no/one/multiple filters are applied before.
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This test class contains integration tests and investigates the interaction of
FilterCommand
with:UndoCommand
,RedoCommand
,AddCommand
,DeleteCommand
,SortCommand
,FindCommand
,SelectCommand
, and cases, when all of them are together. -
Each test case at least contains filtering with
or - success
orand - success
,clear - success
andclear - failure
,reverse - success
andreverse - failure
. -
Also for every interacting command, failure and success cases are both investigated.
There are currently five main sorting methods present: name
, surname
, gpa
, education
, skills
.
There is also a complimentary reverse
sort method for each main sorting method.
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name is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort name
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and sorts them by name alphabetically. The name sort begins with the first name and then proceeds to last name. -
surname is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort surname
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and sorts them by surname alphabetically. -
gpa is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort gpa
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and sorts them by gpa in increasing numeric order. -
education is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort education
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and sorts them by education alphabetically. -
skills is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort skills
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and first orders the skill tags for each person alphabetically. The method then proceeds to sort all persons based on their skill tags, in alphabetical order. -
positions is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort positions
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and first orders the position tags for each person alphabetically. The method then proceeds to sort all persons based on their position tags, in alphabetical order. -
endorsements is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort endorsements
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and first orders the endorsements for each person alphabetically. The method then proceeds to sort all persons based on their endorsements, in alphabetical order. -
skill number is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort skill number
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and orders the persons based on their number of skills in descending order. -
position number is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort position number
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and orders the persons based on their number of positions in descending order. -
endorsement number is called by the user through the following cli input:
sort endorsement number
.
It takes the current list displayed in the left hand GUI panel and orders the persons based on their number of endorsements in descending order. -
reverse can be applied before the sort keyword (e.g.
name
) through the following cli input:sort reverse name
(the current list means that if filter is on, only those filtered persons shall be sorted and the filter shall remain on)
Despite the risk of slightly increasing the coupling, the aim was to use methods already written and rely on good cohesion.
For example, once a sort command has correctly written the correctly ordered persons to a List<Person>
, rather than duplicating large amounts of code by modifying the already listed persons in the GUI, it shall simply remove the persons in that addressbook version and then immediately re-add them in the correct order.
It is of note that the temporary deletion of persons from the addressbook should be foolproof and there should be no way that the sort command ever permanently deletes the addressbook. Furthermore, ensuring the command works with the already implemented undo/redo command should ensure the user still has full control over all the persons in the contact book.
When writing sort commands, there were two approaches considered: modify the indices of all persons and then refresh the left-hand GUI panel with this new list; or temporarily delete the list of persons and then add a new list of correctly ordered persons.
Elements of lists in Java are ordered by when they were added. Sorting is possible using Collections, however this requires them to be strings. Since the Recruit Me application contains lists of various types, typically Person, there is no immediate compatibility with Collections. Furthermore it was suspected that to simply modify the indices of persons, a lot of duplicate code would be need to be written since this aspect of addressbook-level4 was not easily modifiable. Because of this the second method was opted for.
To add a new sort command, the following classes should be altered accordingly:
-
cliSyntax
- add the necessary new SortWord (and the reverse option) -
SortCommandParser
- add the new SortWord as an accepted input -
SortCommand
- add the call to the newSortNewMethod
class when the new SortWord is inputted -
SortNewMethod
- a new class, following the example ofSortName
, that will return a list of Persons correctly ordered according to the new method -
SortUtil
- a place for lower-level processes required by the new sort method and called fromSortNewMethod
It is also sometimes of use to alter Person
should the new method demand access of a certain element of Person
that may be useful for other classes in the future.
The developer should also add the necessary testing methods in SortCommandTest
(TODO: INSERT CLASS DIAGRAM FOR v1.4)
(TODO: INSERT SEQUENCE DIAGRAM FOR v1.4)
-
A command for the use of company employees that want to assist in the hiring process and find the candidates that will work best in their teams.
-
The
endorse
command allows employees to select candidates by their index and create an endorsement tag to help candidates stand out in the recruiting platform. -
There is a complementary
'clear'
function for removing endorsement tags if an employee wants to rescind his recommendation.
Endorsing mechanism is facilitated by AddressBook
. Like other commands, the Logic Manager parses the user input and
recognizes the 'endorse' keyword as the user calling the endorse
command and sending the arguments to the
EndorseCommandParser
. The parser then interprets the specified index as an Index
object and identifies the
candidate to endorse. A new tag of type 'endorse' is created and added to the set of tags associated
with the specific Person
object. The tag is shaded teal to represent an endorsement and a "e:" prefix is added to the
tag name in order
to save the color correctly as a JsonAdaptedTag
(as described in Section 3.2: Colored Tags).
Clearing Endorsements
Endorsing can be reversed through the 'clear'
keyword. When an employee has previously endorsed a candidate and
then wants to remove that endorsement, he or she can include 'clear' in their endorse command input before the index
is specified. The EndorseCommandParser
recognizes the clear command and specifies that this is a clearing process
in the instantiation of a new EndorseCommand
object. To specify a normal endorse command, the EndorseCommand
object is passed a process code of 0 in the constructor and a process code of 1 to show that a clearing command has
been called. The object recognizes the passing of a clearing process and removes the tag of the specified employee in
the Person
class.
Incorporation With Other Commands
Add and Edit Commands
The add command does not have prefixes for creating endorsement tags so that candidates cannot add any company
endorsements when they add
themselves to the platform or when they edit
their profile.
Because endorsements are only created and removed by employees, they are saved as part of the candidate profile and cannot be changed by a candidate editing their skills and position tags. If a candidate adds or removes tags from their profile, any employee endorsements that they have received will be maintained.
Filter and Sort Commands
In order for the command to be functional in a filtered or sorted view, the candidate is found in the model through the filtered persons list. When a user filters by specified parameters and/or sorts the results by a profile characteristic, using the endorse command on the new indexed results will still result in a successful endorsement of the correct candidate.
Tests the implementation of the endorse command and the endorse clear command. Checks that the endorse command correctly creates an endorsement tag and endorses the correct indexed person. Also checks that the endorse clear command removes an endorsement tag from the correct indexed person. The following use cases are tested:
-
Endorses the correct index and correct person at the specified index
-
Clears endorsement of correct person at the correct index
-
Accepts a valid employee name
-
Accepts a valid integer as the index
-
Cannot endorse a candidate more than once
-
Cannot clear an endorsement that has never been made
Coming in v2.0
Separating exclusive features for different users so that only candidates can change their skills and only employees can endorse candidates. We will differentiate the experiences that the distinct users (candidates, recruiters, and employees) can have with the platform and make a more individual view for each person. Distinguishing which user is using the system will allow us to prevent some users from using functions that are only meant for others, such as candidates using the endorse function or employees editing a candidate profile.
We are using java.util.logging
package for logging. The LogsCenter
class is used to manage the logging levels and logging destinations.
-
The logging level can be controlled using the
logLevel
setting in the configuration file (See Section 3.8, “Configuration”) -
The
Logger
for a class can be obtained usingLogsCenter.getLogger(Class)
which will log messages according to the specified logging level -
Currently log messages are output through:
Console
and to a.log
file.
Logging Levels
-
SEVERE
: Critical problem detected which may possibly cause the termination of the application -
WARNING
: Can continue, but with caution -
INFO
: Information showing the noteworthy actions by the App -
FINE
: Details that is not usually noteworthy but may be useful in debugging e.g. print the actual list instead of just its size
Certain properties of the application can be controlled (e.g user prefs file location, logging level) through the configuration file (default: config.json
).
[[Implementation-Sort Commands]] === Sort Commands
When writing sort commands, there were two approaches considered: modify the indices of all persons and then refresh the left-hand GUI panel with this new list; or temporarily delete the list of persons and then add a new list of correctly ordered persons.
Elements of lists in Java are ordered by when they were added. Sorting is possible using Collections, however this requires them to be strings. Since the Recruit Me application contains lists of various types, typically Person, there is no immediate compatibility with Collections. Furthermore it was suspected that to simply modify the indices of persons, a lot of duplicate code would be need to be written since this aspect of addressbooklevel4 was not easily modifiable. Because of this the second method was opted for.
Despite the risk of slightly increasing the coupling, the aim was to use methods already written and rely on good cohesion. For example, once a sort command has correctly written the correctly ordered persons to a List<Person>
, rather than duplicating large amounts of code by modifying the already listed persons, it shall use the already written delete person and add person commands.
It is of note that the temporary deletion of persons from the addressbook should be foolproof and there should be no way that the sort command ever permenantly deltes the addressbook. Furthermore, ensuring the command works with the already implemented undo/redo command should ensure the user still has full control over all the persons in the contact book.
To add a new sort command, the following should be taken into account… (INSERT CLASS DIAGRAM)
Two sorting methods are currently present: alphabetical
and skills
…
=== Education and GPA
New parameters for perspective employees to add to their information. Employers are able to look at this information to determine if the person is suitable for the position at the company. Education and GPA can be use to filer or sort the perspective employees.
Education
New parameter to specify the level of schooling achieved by the perspective employee.
GPA
New parameter for the grade point average achieved by the perspective employee.
NOT COMPLETE.
== Documentation
We use asciidoc for writing documentation.
ℹ️
|
We chose asciidoc over Markdown because asciidoc, although a bit more complex than Markdown, provides more flexibility in formatting. |
=== Editing Documentation
See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to render .adoc
files locally to preview the end result of your edits.
Alternatively, you can download the AsciiDoc plugin for IntelliJ, which allows you to preview the changes you have made to your .adoc
files in real-time.
=== Publishing Documentation
See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to deploy GitHub Pages using Travis.
=== Converting Documentation to PDF format
We use Google Chrome for converting documentation to PDF format, as Chrome’s PDF engine preserves hyperlinks used in webpages.
Here are the steps to convert the project documentation files to PDF format.
-
Follow the instructions in UsingGradle.adoc to convert the AsciiDoc files in the
docs/
directory to HTML format. -
Go to your generated HTML files in the
build/docs
folder, right click on them and selectOpen with
→Google Chrome
. -
Within Chrome, click on the
Print
option in Chrome’s menu. -
Set the destination to
Save as PDF
, then clickSave
to save a copy of the file in PDF format. For best results, use the settings indicated in the screenshot below.
=== Site-wide Documentation Settings
The build.gradle
file specifies some project-specific asciidoc attributes which affects how all documentation files within this project are rendered.
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Attributes left unset in the build.gradle file will use their default value, if any.
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Attribute name | Description | Default value |
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The name of the website. If set, the name will be displayed near the top of the page. |
not set |
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URL to the site’s repository on GitHub. Setting this will add a "View on GitHub" link in the navigation bar. |
not set |
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Define this attribute if the project is an official SE-EDU project. This will render the SE-EDU navigation bar at the top of the page, and add some SE-EDU-specific navigation items. |
not set |
=== Per-file Documentation Settings
Each .adoc
file may also specify some file-specific asciidoc attributes which affects how the file is rendered.
Asciidoctor’s built-in attributes may be specified and used as well.
💡
|
Attributes left unset in .adoc files will use their default value, if any.
|
Attribute name | Description | Default value |
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Site section that the document belongs to.
This will cause the associated item in the navigation bar to be highlighted.
One of: * Official SE-EDU projects only |
not set |
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Set this attribute to remove the site navigation bar. |
not set |
=== Site Template
The files in docs/stylesheets
are the CSS stylesheets of the site.
You can modify them to change some properties of the site’s design.
The files in docs/templates
controls the rendering of .adoc
files into HTML5.
These template files are written in a mixture of Ruby and Slim.
|
Modifying the template files in |
== Testing
=== Running Tests
There are three ways to run tests.
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The most reliable way to run tests is the 3rd one. The first two methods might fail some GUI tests due to platform/resolution-specific idiosyncrasies. |
Method 1: Using IntelliJ JUnit test runner
-
To run all tests, right-click on the
src/test/java
folder and chooseRun 'All Tests'
-
To run a subset of tests, you can right-click on a test package, test class, or a test and choose
Run 'ABC'
Method 2: Using Gradle
-
Open a console and run the command
gradlew clean allTests
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew clean allTests
)
ℹ️
|
See UsingGradle.adoc for more info on how to run tests using Gradle. |
Method 3: Using Gradle (headless)
Thanks to the TestFX library we use, our GUI tests can be run in the headless mode. In the headless mode, GUI tests do not show up on the screen. That means the developer can do other things on the Computer while the tests are running.
To run tests in headless mode, open a console and run the command gradlew clean headless allTests
(Mac/Linux: ./gradlew clean headless allTests
)
=== Types of tests
We have two types of tests:
-
GUI Tests - These are tests involving the GUI. They include,
-
System Tests that test the entire App by simulating user actions on the GUI. These are in the
systemtests
package. -
Unit tests that test the individual components. These are in
seedu.address.ui
package.
-
-
Non-GUI Tests - These are tests not involving the GUI. They include,
-
Unit tests targeting the lowest level methods/classes.
e.g.seedu.address.commons.StringUtilTest
-
Integration tests that are checking the integration of multiple code units (those code units are assumed to be working).
e.g.seedu.address.storage.StorageManagerTest
-
Hybrids of unit and integration tests. These test are checking multiple code units as well as how the are connected together.
e.g.seedu.address.logic.LogicManagerTest
-
=== Troubleshooting Testing
Problem: HelpWindowTest
fails with a NullPointerException
.
-
Reason: One of its dependencies,
HelpWindow.html
insrc/main/resources/docs
is missing. -
Solution: Execute Gradle task
processResources
.
== Dev Ops
=== Build Automation
See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to use Gradle for build automation.
=== Continuous Integration
We use Travis CI and AppVeyor to perform Continuous Integration on our projects. See UsingTravis.adoc and UsingAppVeyor.adoc for more details.
=== Coverage Reporting
We use Coveralls to track the code coverage of our projects. See UsingCoveralls.adoc for more details.
=== Documentation Previews When a pull request has changes to asciidoc files, you can use Netlify to see a preview of how the HTML version of those asciidoc files will look like when the pull request is merged. See UsingNetlify.adoc for more details.
=== Making a Release
Here are the steps to create a new release.
-
Update the version number in
MainApp.java
. -
Generate a JAR file using Gradle.
-
Tag the repo with the version number. e.g.
v0.1
-
Create a new release using GitHub and upload the JAR file you created.
=== Managing Dependencies
A project often depends on third-party libraries. For example, Address Book depends on the Jackson library for JSON parsing. Managing these dependencies can be automated using Gradle. For example, Gradle can download the dependencies automatically, which is better than these alternatives:
-
Include those libraries in the repo (this bloats the repo size)
-
Require developers to download those libraries manually (this creates extra work for developers)
== Suggested Programming Tasks to Get Started
Suggested path for new programmers:
-
First, add small local-impact (i.e. the impact of the change does not go beyond the component) enhancements to one component at a time. Some suggestions are given in [GetStartedProgramming-EachComponent].
-
Next, add a feature that touches multiple components to learn how to implement an end-to-end feature across all components. [GetStartedProgramming-RemarkCommand] explains how to go about adding such a feature.
=== Improving each component
Each individual exercise in this section is component-based (i.e. you would not need to modify the other components to get it to work).
Scenario: You are in charge of logic
. During dog-fooding, your team realize that it is troublesome for the user to type the whole command in order to execute a command. Your team devise some strategies to help cut down the amount of typing necessary, and one of the suggestions was to implement aliases for the command words. Your job is to implement such aliases.
💡
|
Do take a look at Section 2.3, “Logic component” before attempting to modify the Logic component.
|
-
Add a shorthand equivalent alias for each of the individual commands. For example, besides typing
clear
, the user can also typec
to remove all persons in the list.-
Hints
-
Just like we store each individual command word constant
COMMAND_WORD
inside*Command.java
(e.g.FindCommand#COMMAND_WORD
,DeleteCommand#COMMAND_WORD
), you need a new constant for aliases as well (e.g.FindCommand#COMMAND_ALIAS
). -
AddressBookParser
is responsible for analyzing command words.
-
-
Solution
-
Modify the switch statement in
AddressBookParser#parseCommand(String)
such that both the proper command word and alias can be used to execute the same intended command. -
Add new tests for each of the aliases that you have added.
-
Update the user guide to document the new aliases.
-
See this PR for the full solution.
-
-
Scenario: You are in charge of model
. One day, the logic
-in-charge approaches you for help. He wants to implement a command such that the user is able to remove a particular tag from everyone in the address book, but the model API does not support such a functionality at the moment. Your job is to implement an API method, so that your teammate can use your API to implement his command.
💡
|
Do take a look at Section 2.4, “Model component” before attempting to modify the Model component.
|
-
Add a
removeTag(Tag)
method. The specified tag will be removed from everyone in the address book.-
Hints
-
The
Model
and theAddressBook
API need to be updated. -
Think about how you can use SLAP to design the method. Where should we place the main logic of deleting tags?
-
Find out which of the existing API methods in
AddressBook
andPerson
classes can be used to implement the tag removal logic.AddressBook
allows you to update a person, andPerson
allows you to update the tags.
-
-
Solution
-
Implement a
removeTag(Tag)
method inAddressBook
. Loop through each person, and remove thetag
from each person. -
Add a new API method
deleteTag(Tag)
inModelManager
. YourModelManager
should callAddressBook#removeTag(Tag)
. -
Add new tests for each of the new public methods that you have added.
-
See this PR for the full solution.
-
-
Scenario: You are in charge of ui
. During a beta testing session, your team is observing how the users use your address book application. You realize that one of the users occasionally tries to delete non-existent tags from a contact, because the tags all look the same visually, and the user got confused. Another user made a typing mistake in his command, but did not realize he had done so because the error message wasn’t prominent enough. A third user keeps scrolling down the list, because he keeps forgetting the index of the last person in the list. Your job is to implement improvements to the UI to solve all these problems.
💡
|
Do take a look at Section 2.2, “UI component” before attempting to modify the UI component.
|
-
Use different colors for different tags inside person cards. For example,
friends
tags can be all in brown, andcolleagues
tags can be all in yellow.Before
After
-
Hints
-
The tag labels are created inside the
PersonCard
constructor (new Label(tag.tagName)
). JavaFX’sLabel
class allows you to modify the style of each Label, such as changing its color. -
Use the .css attribute
-fx-background-color
to add a color. -
You may wish to modify
DarkTheme.css
to include some pre-defined colors using css, especially if you have experience with web-based css.
-
-
Solution
-
You can modify the existing test methods for
PersonCard
's to include testing the tag’s color as well. -
See this PR for the full solution.
-
The PR uses the hash code of the tag names to generate a color. This is deliberately designed to ensure consistent colors each time the application runs. You may wish to expand on this design to include additional features, such as allowing users to set their own tag colors, and directly saving the colors to storage, so that tags retain their colors even if the hash code algorithm changes.
-
-
-
-
Modify
NewResultAvailableEvent
such thatResultDisplay
can show a different style on error (currently it shows the same regardless of errors).Before
After
-
Hints
-
NewResultAvailableEvent
is raised byCommandBox
which also knows whether the result is a success or failure, and is caught byResultDisplay
which is where we want to change the style to. -
Refer to
CommandBox
for an example on how to display an error.
-
-
Solution
-
Modify
NewResultAvailableEvent
's constructor so that users of the event can indicate whether an error has occurred. -
Modify
ResultDisplay#handleNewResultAvailableEvent(NewResultAvailableEvent)
to react to this event appropriately. -
You can write two different kinds of tests to ensure that the functionality works:
-
The unit tests for
ResultDisplay
can be modified to include verification of the color. -
The system tests
AddressBookSystemTest#assertCommandBoxShowsDefaultStyle() and AddressBookSystemTest#assertCommandBoxShowsErrorStyle()
to include verification forResultDisplay
as well.
-
-
See this PR for the full solution.
-
Do read the commits one at a time if you feel overwhelmed.
-
-
-
-
Modify the
StatusBarFooter
to show the total number of people in the address book.Before
After
-
Hints
-
StatusBarFooter.fxml
will need a newStatusBar
. Be sure to set theGridPane.columnIndex
properly for eachStatusBar
to avoid misalignment! -
StatusBarFooter
needs to initialize the status bar on application start, and to update it accordingly whenever the address book is updated.
-
-
Solution
-
Modify the constructor of
StatusBarFooter
to take in the number of persons when the application just started. -
Use
StatusBarFooter#handleAddressBookChangedEvent(AddressBookChangedEvent)
to update the number of persons whenever there are new changes to the addressbook. -
For tests, modify
StatusBarFooterHandle
by adding a state-saving functionality for the total number of people status, just like what we did for save location and sync status. -
For system tests, modify
AddressBookSystemTest
to also verify the new total number of persons status bar. -
See this PR for the full solution.
-
-
Scenario: You are in charge of storage
. For your next project milestone, your team plans to implement a new feature of saving the address book to the cloud. However, the current implementation of the application constantly saves the address book after the execution of each command, which is not ideal if the user is working on limited internet connection. Your team decided that the application should instead save the changes to a temporary local backup file first, and only upload to the cloud after the user closes the application. Your job is to implement a backup API for the address book storage.
💡
|
Do take a look at Section 2.5, “Storage component” before attempting to modify the Storage component.
|
-
Add a new method
backupAddressBook(ReadOnlyAddressBook)
, so that the address book can be saved in a fixed temporary location.-
Hint
-
Add the API method in
AddressBookStorage
interface. -
Implement the logic in
StorageManager
andJsonAddressBookStorage
class.
-
-
Solution
-
See this PR for the full solution.
-
-
=== Creating a new command: remark
By creating this command, you will get a chance to learn how to implement a feature end-to-end, touching all major components of the app.
Scenario: You are a software maintainer for addressbook
, as the former developer team has moved on to new projects. The current users of your application have a list of new feature requests that they hope the software will eventually have. The most popular request is to allow adding additional comments/notes about a particular contact, by providing a flexible remark
field for each contact, rather than relying on tags alone. After designing the specification for the remark
command, you are convinced that this feature is worth implementing. Your job is to implement the remark
command.
==== Description
Edits the remark for a person specified in the INDEX
.
Format: remark INDEX r/[REMARK]
Examples:
-
remark 1 r/Likes to drink coffee.
Edits the remark for the first person toLikes to drink coffee.
-
remark 1 r/
Removes the remark for the first person.
==== Step-by-step Instructions
===== [Step 1] Logic: Teach the app to accept 'remark' which does nothing
Let’s start by teaching the application how to parse a remark
command. We will add the logic of remark
later.
Main:
-
Add a
RemarkCommand
that extendsCommand
. Upon execution, it should just throw anException
. -
Modify
AddressBookParser
to accept aRemarkCommand
.
Tests:
-
Add
RemarkCommandTest
that tests thatexecute()
throws an Exception. -
Add new test method to
AddressBookParserTest
, which tests that typing "remark" returns an instance ofRemarkCommand
.
===== [Step 2] Logic: Teach the app to accept 'remark' arguments
Let’s teach the application to parse arguments that our remark
command will accept. E.g. 1 r/Likes to drink coffee.
Main:
-
Modify
RemarkCommand
to take in anIndex
andString
and print those two parameters as the error message. -
Add
RemarkCommandParser
that knows how to parse two arguments, one index and one with prefix 'r/'. -
Modify
AddressBookParser
to use the newly implementedRemarkCommandParser
.
Tests:
-
Modify
RemarkCommandTest
to test theRemarkCommand#equals()
method. -
Add
RemarkCommandParserTest
that tests different boundary values forRemarkCommandParser
. -
Modify
AddressBookParserTest
to test that the correct command is generated according to the user input.
===== [Step 3] Ui: Add a placeholder for remark in PersonCard
Let’s add a placeholder on all our PersonCard
s to display a remark for each person later.
Main:
-
Add a
Label
with any random text insidePersonListCard.fxml
. -
Add FXML annotation in
PersonCard
to tie the variable to the actual label.
Tests:
-
Modify
PersonCardHandle
so that future tests can read the contents of the remark label.
===== [Step 4] Model: Add Remark
class
We have to properly encapsulate the remark in our Person
class. Instead of just using a String
, let’s follow the conventional class structure that the codebase already uses by adding a Remark
class.
Main:
-
Add
Remark
to model component (you can copy fromAddress
, remove the regex and change the names accordingly). -
Modify
RemarkCommand
to now take in aRemark
instead of aString
.
Tests:
-
Add test for
Remark
, to test theRemark#equals()
method.
===== [Step 5] Model: Modify Person
to support a Remark
field
Now we have the Remark
class, we need to actually use it inside Person
.
Main:
-
Add
getRemark()
inPerson
. -
You may assume that the user will not be able to use the
add
andedit
commands to modify the remarks field (i.e. the person will be created without a remark). -
Modify
SampleDataUtil
to add remarks for the sample data (delete yourdata/addressbook.json
so that the application will load the sample data when you launch it.)
===== [Step 6] Storage: Add Remark
field to JsonAdaptedPerson
class
We now have Remark
s for Person
s, but they will be gone when we exit the application. Let’s modify JsonAdaptedPerson
to include a Remark
field so that it will be saved.
Main:
-
Add a new JSON field for
Remark
.
Tests:
-
Fix
invalidAndValidPersonAddressBook.json
,typicalPersonsAddressBook.json
,validAddressBook.json
etc., such that the JSON tests will not fail due to a missingremark
field.
===== [Step 6b] Test: Add withRemark() for PersonBuilder
Since Person
can now have a Remark
, we should add a helper method to PersonBuilder
, so that users are able to create remarks when building a Person
.
Tests:
-
Add a new method
withRemark()
forPersonBuilder
. This method will create a newRemark
for the person that it is currently building. -
Try and use the method on any sample
Person
inTypicalPersons
.
===== [Step 7] Ui: Connect Remark
field to PersonCard
Our remark label in PersonCard
is still a placeholder. Let’s bring it to life by binding it with the actual remark
field.
Main:
-
Modify
PersonCard
's constructor to bind theRemark
field to thePerson
's remark.
Tests:
-
Modify
GuiTestAssert#assertCardDisplaysPerson(…)
so that it will compare the now-functioning remark label.
===== [Step 8] Logic: Implement RemarkCommand#execute()
logic
We now have everything set up… but we still can’t modify the remarks. Let’s finish it up by adding in actual logic for our remark
command.
Main:
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Replace the logic in
RemarkCommand#execute()
(that currently just throws anException
), with the actual logic to modify the remarks of a person.
Tests:
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Update
RemarkCommandTest
to test that theexecute()
logic works.
==== Full Solution
See this PR for the step-by-step solution.
== Product Scope - Target user profile
General Needs:
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has a need to manage a significant number of contacts
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prefer desktop apps over other types
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can type fast
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prefers typing over mouse input
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is reasonably comfortable using CLI apps
Special Needs:
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this is an application for recruitment agency specifically
-
the commands (filtering, sorting, deleting, adding etc.) and tags (education, experience etc.) are designed for applicants
Value proposition: manage contacts faster than a typical mouse/GUI driven app
== User Stories
Priorities: High (must have) - * * *
, Medium (nice to have) - * *
, Low (unlikely to have) - *
Priority | As a … | I want to … | So that I can… |
---|---|---|---|
|
new user |
see usage instructions |
refer to instructions when I forget how to use the App |
|
user |
add a new person |
|
|
user |
delete a person |
remove entries that I no longer need |
|
user |
find a person by name |
locate details of persons without having to go through the entire list |
|
user |
hide private contact details by default |
minimize chance of someone else seeing them by accident |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
sort persons by name |
locate a person easily |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
filter persons by any of the multiple properties at the same time |
see which persons are fit into the criterion |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
use all the other operations when filtering is active |
locate the searched persons more easily |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
disable the active filtering |
see all the list when the job is done |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
undo the operation what he/she just did |
prevent false updates in the address book |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
redo the operation what he/she just did |
prevent false undo operations in the address book |
|
user with many persons in the address book |
see the education level, technical skills and experience of the persons |
choose persons regarding more information given. |
{More to be added}
== Use Cases
(For all use cases below, the System is the AddressBook
and the Actor is the user
, unless specified otherwise)
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User requests to list persons
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AddressBook shows a list of persons
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User requests to delete a specific person in the list
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AddressBook deletes the person
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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3a. The given index is invalid.
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3a1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
-
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User requests to add a new person with entering information about the new person
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AddressBook adds the person
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The given information format is invalid
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2a1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case ends.
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2b. All the necessary information is not given.
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2b1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case ends.
-
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User requests to filter address book with entering conditions to filter
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AddressBook filters the persons that passes with all the conditions and prints those.
Use case ends.
Extensions
-
2a. The given information format is invalid
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2a1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case ends.
-
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User requests to filter address book with entering conditions to filter
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AddressBook filters the persons that passes with at least one of the conditions and prints those.
Use case ends.
Extensions
-
2a. The given information format is invalid
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2a1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case ends.
-
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User requests to clear all the filtering in the address book.
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Filtering is cleared and all the people in the book is printed.
Use case ends.
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User requests to sort address book by name
-
The address book is printed in a sorted order with respect to the names.
Use case ends.
== Non Functional Requirements
-
Should work on any mainstream OS as long as it has Java
9
(revision1.9.4
or higher) installed. -
Should be able to hold up to 1000 persons without a noticeable sluggishness in performance for typical usage.
-
A user with above average typing speed for regular English text (i.e. not code, not system admin commands) should be able to accomplish most of the tasks faster using commands than using the mouse.
{More to be added}
== Glossary
== Product Survey
Product Name
Author: …
Pros:
-
…
-
…
Cons:
-
…
-
…
== Instructions for Manual Testing
Given below are instructions to test the app manually.
ℹ️
|
These instructions only provide a starting point for testers to work on; testers are expected to do more exploratory testing. |
=== Launch and Shutdown
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Initial launch
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Download the jar file and copy into an empty folder
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Double-click the jar file
Expected: Shows the GUI with a set of sample contacts. The window size may not be optimum.
-
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Saving window preferences
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Resize the window to an optimum size. Move the window to a different location. Close the window.
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Re-launch the app by double-clicking the jar file.
Expected: The most recent window size and location is retained.
-
{ more test cases … }
=== Deleting a person
-
Deleting a person while all persons are listed
-
Prerequisites: List all persons using the
list
command. Multiple persons in the list. -
Test case:
delete 1
Expected: First contact is deleted from the list. Details of the deleted contact shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
delete 0
Expected: No person is deleted. Error details shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect delete commands to try:
delete
,delete x
(where x is larger than the list size) {give more}
Expected: Similar to previous.
-
{ more test cases … }
=== Saving data
-
Dealing with missing/corrupted data files
-
{explain how to simulate a missing/corrupted file and the expected behavior}
-
{ more test cases … }