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| − | <span style="background:#E6E6FA ">'''In this project, we have created a GUI Java (Swing) Application for a Zoo Management System:'''</span>
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| − | * You can try the application by downloading the Java Jar file from this link: http://perso.sinfronteras.ws/images/0/00/SMSimulator.jar
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| − | * You can also see or download the Java Project from our Github repository at: https://github.com/adeloaleman/JavaDesktopApp-ZooManagementSystem
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| − | * If you just want to take a look to the Application GUI, [[Zoo Management System#A look at the GUI|here]] we show some images that try to describe the most important features of the application.
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| − | <span style="background:#E6E6FA ">'''Our Management System allows users (Zoo Administrators) to manage Animals and Zoo Keepers. Some of the functionalities that have been added to the system are:'''</span>
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| − | * Search for Animals:
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| − | :: Refine by: Type, Specie, Name, etc.
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| − | * Search for Keepers
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| − | * Add new animals to the database
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| − | * Add new keepers
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| − | * Update animals
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| − | :: Manage aspects such as Medications, Vaccines, Offsprings, etc
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| − | * Update keepers
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| − | <span style="background:#E6E6FA ">'''The most important concepts we have applied to build this applications are:'''</span>
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| − | * '''Design Patters:'''
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| − | :* We have implemented a [[Object Orientation with Design Patterns#Model-View-Controller MVC|Model-View-Controller MVC]]
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| − | :* To facilitate communication between GUI components we have implemented a [[Object Orientation with Design Patterns#Mediator Pattern|Mediator Pattern]]
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| − | * [[Java GUI Programming|GUI Java Swing]]
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| − | * [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Inheritance|Inheritance]], [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Polymorphism|Polymorphism]], [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Upcasting - Downcasting|Upcasting - Downcasting]]: These were the most important concepts we have learned and implemented in this project. Because animals are broken down into different types (see example below) we had implemented a class-based inheritance model where <Animal> is the super class. We often had to use Downcasting in order to get access to specific behaviors of a subclass into the Animal hierarchy.
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| − | * [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Abstraction|Abstraction]]
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| − | * [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Encapsulation|Encapsulation]]
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| − | * [[Object-Oriented Concepts and Constructs#Serialization|Serialization]]: We have implemented data persistence through a file using serialization.
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| − | The Zoo has a number of Animals. These Animals are broken down into types: Mammal, Reptile, Avian, Aquatic, Insect. For example:
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| − | * Mammal:
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| − | :* Avian
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| − | ::* Bat
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| − | :::* date of birth, date of arrival, fight, gender, ofspring, medication, vaccine, exhibit number
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| − | '''Each Animal has a Zoo keeper that looks afer it:'''
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| − | *Zoo keepers are only allowed to care for animals if they are qualified to do so.
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| − | *A zoo keeper can look afer a max of 3 Animal types for a max of 10 animals.
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| − | '''Your system must be run on test data before the Zoo will accept it.
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| − | '''You are required to have a data set of at least 100 animals and 40 zoo keepers.'''
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| − | ==Class diagram==
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| − | [[File:ClassDiagram1.png|950px|thumb|center|Class diagram1]]
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| − | ==An example of one of the classes==
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| − | <syntaxhighlight lang="java">
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| − | public class Test {
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| − | public static void main(String[] args) {
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| − | Cat c = new Cat();
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| − | System.out.println(c.health);
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| − | Dog d = new Dog();
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| − | System.out.println(d.health);
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| − | // // Upcasting
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| − | Mammal m = c; // Although there's no need to for programmer to upcast manually, it's legal to do so:
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| − | // Mammal m = (Mammal) new cat();
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| − | System.out.println(c); // This print: upcastingdowncasting.Cat@15db9742
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| − | System.out.println(m); // This will print the same: upcastingdowncasting.Cat@15db9742
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| − | // As you can see, Casting does not change the actual object type
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| − | // Cat is still exactly the same Cat after upcasting.
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| − | // It didn't change to a Mammal, it's just being labelled Mammal right now.
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| − | // This is allowed, because Cat is a Mammal.
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| − | // // Downcasting
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| − | if(m instanceof Cat){ // testing if the Animal is a Cat
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| − | System.out.println("It's a Cat! Now I can downcast it to a Cat, without a fear of failure.");
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| − | Cat c1 = (Cat)m; // Manual downcasting back to a Cat
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| − | }
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| − | // The following code will compile, but throws "java.lang.ClassCastException: Mammal cannot be cast to Cat" exception during runTime,
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| − | // because I’m trying to cast a Mammal, which is not a Cat, to a Cat.
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| − | Mammal m1 = new Mammal();
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| − | Cat c2 = (Cat)m1;
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| − | </syntaxhighlight>
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| − | ==A look at the GUI==
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| − | <gallery mode=packed-overlay>
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_1.png|Main Menu
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_2.png|View Animals Panel
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_3.png|View Animals Panel - Refine by...
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_4.png|Add Animals Panel
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_5.png|View Keeper Panel - Refine by...
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| − | File:ZooManagementSystem_GUI_6.png|Add Zoo Keaper Panel
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| − | </gallery>
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