Another java practice from the past.

The task was to emulate work of simple IMDB database. Exercie during java course aimed to practice OO approach, some design patterns and mainly client - server relations. I'll update this post, because its main purpose to practice skills of correct presentation of my point of view on given subject, to practice myself in clarification of keypoints of given subject, and to give me another template on future topics. So here we are:

Revision 2 version as it was complete in august 2011:

IMDB R02 [till 12.08.2011].zip


Now, this is what it supposed to do:

Flow chart.

Of course, the diagram above looks weird, but at least it is (in our reality this by itself is very much). Now we'll take another look on topic, t.i. from different point of view. Let's see the evolution of my approach to subject and, maybe, examine it closer/

Here are three previous "not published" versions:
IMDB R01.zip

moving further backward:
IMDB beta.zip

and finally first compilation:
IMDB alpha [till 05.08.2011].zip

As it could possibly be seen, the "evolution" of my thought was more like evolution of my laziness. Initially whole classwork was divided into two different ways: 1)constant predefined list, 2)dynamic factory pattern.
I took it way further and set my objective on achieving maximal object orientation and generalization. So, originally i strived to make everything generics, generics, generics, ... Object, Object, Object, Object, ... accepting Object-s, returning Object-s, everything in and out surrounded by patterns and  Reflection... .....
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But, as exercise continued, the complexity and diversity of tasks, that i faced at this stage, has grown to impossible to maintain (at least for me) demand for keeping in mind and paying attention to whole process. So, instead of <Object> <Object, <Object, Object> ...> i got ...what i got. And in next projects i tried to advance gradually, thus achieving my aim step by step without overwhelming myself by "multiminding".

So, my main conclusion: "Make realistic plans. Or at least divide them into smaller ones."


P.S.: Looks like i found some bug in interaction between "Blogger" and "Docs" intefaces of google account. It seemed to be impossible for me to post an immage on Blogger via link from shared Docs of same account, and eventually i have been forced to upload it directly into post's body.
See you later.
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